Disaster prevention and mitigation
Disaster prevention and mitigation
Learn about how prevention and mitigation help reduce the impacts of disaster response and recovery. Find out how we are working with governments and stakeholders to promote disaster prevention and mitigation using a risk-based and all-hazards approach.
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Disaster mitigation
Learn how disaster mitigation measures eliminate or reduce the impacts and risks of hazards through proactive measures taken before an emergency or disaster occurs.
Canada's National Disaster Mitigation Strategy
Learn more about how the strategy, developed collaboratively by the federal, provincial and territorial governments, sets out a comprehensive, multi-dimensional approach.
Canada's Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction
Learn about how Canada's Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction is building a sense of national, cross-sectoral ownership in the disaster risk reduction process through coordinated leadership and action.