On June 17, 2025, FireSmart released a new Residential Development Guide, Builders Checklist, and Landscape Checklist to help Canadians apply this knowledge and better protect their communities from wildfires – informed by NRC’s National Guide for Wildland-Urban Interface Fires, funded by HICC.
To access these resources, click below for the FireSmart Canada Resource Page and view the links located under the "Home Construction Heading"
These webpages direct you to the latest climate-informed standards, codes and guidelines from the National Research Council and Standards Council of Canada
Welcome — and thank you for your interest in the Infrastructure Buildings Working Group (IBWG)!
In this meeting, we hear from the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (CHBA/ICLR Resilient Homes Task Force) and the Electric Power Research Institute (Prioritizing Climate Adaptation Investments across the Ontario Electric Sector)
Climate hazards are pushing infrastructure to its limits, but practical building design choices can reduce those risks. This webinar will showcase tools that support the design and upgrade of climate-resilient buildings.
