Under the authority of the Statistics Act, Statistics Canada is hereby requesting the following information, which will be used solely for statistical and research purposes and will be protected in accordance with the provisions of the Statistics Act and any other applicable law. This is a mandatory request for data.
Natural disasters
Flood Hazard Model Data
What information is being requested?
Aggregate flood hazard model data (percentage of land area covered by 100-year floodplain) at the dissemination block level for Census Metropolitan Areas (CMAs) or Census Agglomerations (CAs) in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario and British Columbia, possibly to expand to other provinces.
What personal information is included in this request?
This request does not contain any personal information.
What years of data will be requested?
2022 and ongoing.
From whom will the information be requested?
Public Safety Canada
Why is this information being requested?
Statistics Canada requires this information to develop new data and analysis on climate change, flood hazard and housing, by identifying and assessing the characteristics of residential properties that are in flood prone areas.
The data and analysis will help users better understand climate change impacts on housing markets and will be used by policy makers, researchers, and industry stakeholders to inform policy on land use, zoning regulations and infrastructure development.
Statistics Canada may also use the information for other statistical and research purposes.
Why were these organizations selected as data providers?
This organization collects and maintains data on flood models based on 100-year floodplain.
When will this information be requested?
June 2024
What Statistics Canada programs will primarily use these data?
When was this request published?
Environmental protection
Environmental protection expenditures
What information is being requested?
The requested data provides information on environmental protection expenditures; environmental and clean technology goods and services purchased; and, adopted environmental management practices in the wood product and paper manufacturing industry. The data requested includes business names and addresses.
What personal information is included in this request?
No personal information is being requested.
What years of data will be requested?
Annual data starting from 2018 (ongoing)
From whom will the information be requested?
Forest Products Association of Canada (FPAC)
Why is this information being requested?
Statistics Canada will use this data to produce statistics on environmental protection costs and clean technology use in the Annual Environment Protection Expenditures Survey. The data will help inform public policy on the Clean Technology Data Strategy, among other environmental-related policies, and will be used by policy makers, researchers, industry stakeholders and Canadians to better understand the wood product and paper manufacturing industry's environmental protection activities and clean technology use. Statistics Canada may also use the data for other statistical and research purposes.
Why were these organizations selected as data providers?
The Forest Products Association of Canada collects and maintains up-to-date data on environmental protection expenditures; environmental and clean technology goods and services purchases; and, a list of the environmental management practices.
When will this information be requested?
December 2019 onwards
When was this request published?
November 15, 2019
This page was updated to include additional details related to the original request.