{"id":1842906,"date":"2025-06-22T11:15:37","date_gmt":"2025-06-22T15:15:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1842906"},"modified":"2025-06-23T10:28:24","modified_gmt":"2025-06-23T14:28:24","slug":"quebec-flood-maps-will-get-a-new-framework-next-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/06\/quebec-flood-maps-will-get-a-new-framework-next-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Quebec Flood Maps Will Get a New Framework Next Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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It seems as though the Quebec government has been in the process of updating its flood maps for the better part of the past decade (previously: Quebec\u2019s Updated Flood Maps Prove Controversial<\/a>; Quebec Flood Maps<\/a>). But starting next March Quebec\u2019s flood maps will adopt a new framework categorizing flood zones by risk<\/a> (low, moderate, high, very high), with a special category for areas located near dams or flood protection structures. This page<\/a> (in French) explains how the new maps\u2014which aren\u2019t yet available\u2014will work. The upshot is that more homes in Quebec will find themselves in a flood zone (though fewer than was feared last year<\/a>), but likely in the lowest-risk category.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

It seems as though the Quebec government has been in the process of updating its flood maps for the better part of the past decade (previously: Quebec\u2019s Updated Flood Maps Prove Controversial; Quebec Flood Maps).… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[878,74,701],"class_list":["post-1842906","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-weather-and-climate","tag-flood-maps","tag-flooding","tag-quebec","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1787367,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2019\/05\/quebec-flood-maps\/","url_meta":{"origin":1842906,"position":0},"title":"Quebec Flood Maps","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"21 May 2019","format":"link","excerpt":"In my neck of the woods we've been dealing with some pretty severe spring flooding. 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