The Probabilistic Seismic Risk Model for Canada

The Probabilistic Seismic Risk Model for Canada introduces a structured framework of indicators that profile the physical, social and economic dimensions of earthquake risk at the neighborhood scale.

Risk metrics include measures of building damage and collapse probability, life safety and expected economic losses. An overall risk rating is also provided which aggregates the physical, social, and economic dimensions of risk. The probabilistic assessment reports information based on both the ‘total’ impact as well as the ‘percentage’ impact.

It considers only damage to buildings, and their inhabitants, from earthquake shaking, and therefore does not include damage to critical infrastructure or vehicles. Losses from secondary hazards, such as aftershocks, liquefaction, landslides, or fire following are also not currently included.

The information is provided at the approximate scale of Census dissemination areas, and is intended to support planning and emergency management activities in earthquake prone regions.

This project is run by the Geological Survey of Canada's Public Safety Geoscience Program. For inquiries related to Canada's Seismic Risk Model, please contact Tiegan E. Hobbs at tiegan.hobbs@nrcan-rncan.gc.ca.

If you are looking for our end-user interface or any associated documentation, please visit www.RiskProfiler.ca.

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Date ( RI_367 )
2021-03
Date ( RI_366 )
2021-03
RI_414
  Government of Canada;Natural Resources Canada;Land and Minerals Sector, Geological Survey of Canada - Chow, William ( Spatial Database Scientist )
1500 – 605 Robson Street , Vancouver , V6B 5J3 , Canada
Status
completed; complété RI_593
Maintenance and update frequency
asNeeded; auBesoin RI_540
Keywords ( RI_528 )
  • earthquake, seismic, risk, building performance, public safety, economic security, disaster resilience planning, policy analysis
Government of Canada Core Subject Thesaurus Thésaurus des sujets de base du gouvernement du Canada ( RI_528 )
  • Earthquakes
  • Risk management
  • Policy development
  • Urban planning
Use limitation
Open Government Licence - Canada (http://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada)
Access constraints
license; licence RI_606
Use constraints
license; licence RI_606
Spatial representation type
vector; vecteur RI_635
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Topic category
  • Economy
  • Geoscientific information
  • Planning cadastre
  • Society
Begin date
2021
End date
2026
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Reference system identifier
http://www.epsg-registry.org / EPSG:4326 /
Distribution format
  • GPKG ( 1.2 )

  • ESRI REST ( 10.71 )

  • WMS ( 1.3.0 )

RI_412
  Government of Canada;Natural Resources Canada;Land and Minerals Sector, Geological Survey of Canada - ( )
OnLine resource
The Probabilistic Seismic Risk model for Canada ( ESRI REST: Map Server )

Web Service;ESRI REST;eng

OnLine resource
The Probabilistic Seismic Risk model for Canada ( ESRI REST: Map Server )

Web Service;ESRI REST;fra

OnLine resource
The Probabilistic Seismic Risk model for Canada ( OGC:WMS )

Web Service;WMS;eng

OnLine resource
The Probabilistic Seismic Risk model for Canada ( OGC:WMS )

Web Service;WMS;fra

OnLine resource
Data Products Dictionary ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;XLSX;eng

OnLine resource
Data Products Dictionary ( HTTPS )

Supporting Document;XLSX;fra

OnLine resource
PSRA Canada expected loss 500 yr ( HTTPS )

Dataset;GPKG;eng

OnLine resource
PSRA Indicators CSD ( HTTPS )

Dataset;GPKG;eng

OnLine resource
PSRA Indicators S ( HTTPS )

Dataset;GPKG;eng

File identifier
7590d295-5c17-44c8-ad2e-2e8f1a4b6054 XML
Metadata language
eng; CAN
Character set
utf8; utf8 RI_458
Hierarchy level
dataset; jeuDonnées RI_622
Date stamp
2022-12-08T11:18:27
Metadata standard name
North American Profile of ISO 19115:2003 - Geographic information - Metadata
Metadata standard version
CAN/CGSB-171.100-2009
RI_418
  Government of Canada;Natural Resources Canada;Lands and Minerals Sector, Geological Survey of Canada - Hobbs, Tiegan ( Research Scientist )
1500 – 605 Robson Street , Vancouver , British Columbia , V6B 5J3 , Canada
 
 

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