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Flooding events in Canada
The water level of a stream, river or lake is constantly rising or falling in response to changing hydrologic conditions in the drainage basin. Each year the water peaks at some level, which may cause flooding of surrounding lands. This map shows how maximum flows vary across Canada: 
Flood characteristics differ because of the country's climatic and topographic diversity. The following regional descriptions illustrate these variations. Specific flood events are highlighted to give an impression of the magnitude of the problem and the considerable force contained within a flood.
Flood events by province and territory
- British Columbia
- Fraser River floods
- 1894
1948
1972
Tsunami strikes West Coast
Kicking Horse Pass – 1978
- Yukon
- Ice jam floods
- Northwest Territories
- Ice jam floods
Tuktoyaktuk flooding
- Alberta
- Saskatchewan
- 1974
Qu'Appelle River
Buffalo Gap
- Manitoba
- Red River
- Earliest floods
20th Century
- Ontario
- Hurricane Hazel – 1954
The Winisk Flood
The Timmins Storm
The Great Lakes
- 1972-1973
1985-1987
- Quebec
- 1974
Havoc in Montreal
The St. Lawrence River
The Saguenay Flood – 1996
- New Brunswick
- The Saint John River
- 1902
1936
Perth-Andover, 1976 and 1987
- Nova Scotia
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Tsunami strikes East Coast
- Prince Edward Island
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