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The City of Toronto Flood Resilience Strategy

The City of Toronto, Canada and its metropolitan area is home to over 6 million people and is the largest City in Canada and the fourth largest city in North America. Toronto is somewhat surrounded by the Great Lakes which strongly influence the local climate which can cause significant rain events resulting in Flooding.

  • Information sheet

    • Date: 2021
    • Author(s): HEIN David
    • Domain(s): Risk Management / Road Assets Management
    • Type: RR389 - FEATURES
    • PIARC Ref.: RR389-038
    • Number of pages: 4
  • This article has been published in the Routes/Roads magazine

    N° 389

    2e trimestre 2021 / Juin

    Résilience routière