QUOTE 0 Disasters in Canada are increasing in frequency and severity across the country. Recent disasters, including: Hurricane Igor in Newfoundland in 2010, the 2011 Prairie floods, the 2011 Slave Lake fire, the 2013 Lac-Mégantic rail disaster, the 2013 Southern Alberta floods, the 2013 Toronto urban flood, the 2014 Saskatchewan and Manitoba flooding, the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfire, the 2017 Atlantic Canada telecommunications outage, and the 2017 British Columbia flood and wildfire seasons are but a few examples of the more than 195 major disasters identified in the Canadian Disaster Database that struck Canada between 2008 and 2018. Combined, these disasters have cost tens of billions of dollars in damages and displaced hundreds of thousands of people. QUOTE 0 The Canadian Disaster Database (CDD), managed by Public Safety Canada, is a publically accessible web-based repository of historical information on disasters that have directly affected Canadians, at home and abroad, since 1900. It contains detailed disaster information on over 1000 disasters, including those triggered by natural hazards, technological hazards or conflict (not including war). The database describes where and when a disaster occurred, who was affected, and provides a rough estimate of the costs. These costs might include various FPT government relief and recovery payments, municipal costs, insurance claims, and cost of supplies and assistance provided by non-governmental organizations. The database also provides information on the number of injuries, evacuations, and deaths associated with a particular disaster.