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11335131117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.1Please list the most significant climate hazards faced by your city and indicate the probability and consequence of these hazards, as well as the expected future change in frequency and intensity. Please also select the most relevant assets or services that are affected by the climate hazard and provide a description of the impact.6Future change in frequency9Increasing
11335231117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.1Please list the most significant climate hazards faced by your city and indicate the probability and consequence of these hazards, as well as the expected future change in frequency and intensity. Please also select the most relevant assets or services that are affected by the climate hazard and provide a description of the impact.7Future change in intensity9Increasing
11335331117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.1Please list the most significant climate hazards faced by your city and indicate the probability and consequence of these hazards, as well as the expected future change in frequency and intensity. Please also select the most relevant assets or services that are affected by the climate hazard and provide a description of the impact.8When do you first expect to experience those changes?9Immediately
11335431117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.1Please list the most significant climate hazards faced by your city and indicate the probability and consequence of these hazards, as well as the expected future change in frequency and intensity. Please also select the most relevant assets or services that are affected by the climate hazard and provide a description of the impact.9Most relevant assets / services affected overall9Residential
11335531117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.1Please list the most significant climate hazards faced by your city and indicate the probability and consequence of these hazards, as well as the expected future change in frequency and intensity. Please also select the most relevant assets or services that are affected by the climate hazard and provide a description of the impact.9Most relevant assets / services affected overall9Emergency services
11335631117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.1Please list the most significant climate hazards faced by your city and indicate the probability and consequence of these hazards, as well as the expected future change in frequency and intensity. Please also select the most relevant assets or services that are affected by the climate hazard and provide a description of the impact.9Most relevant assets / services affected overall9Commercial
11335731117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.1Please list the most significant climate hazards faced by your city and indicate the probability and consequence of these hazards, as well as the expected future change in frequency and intensity. Please also select the most relevant assets or services that are affected by the climate hazard and provide a description of the impact.10Please identify which vulnerable populations are affected9Other: A small percentage of homes and businesses are still located within our "regulatory flood plain".
11335831117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.1Please list the most significant climate hazards faced by your city and indicate the probability and consequence of these hazards, as well as the expected future change in frequency and intensity. Please also select the most relevant assets or services that are affected by the climate hazard and provide a description of the impact.11Magnitude of expected future impact9Medium
11335931117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.1Please list the most significant climate hazards faced by your city and indicate the probability and consequence of these hazards, as well as the expected future change in frequency and intensity. Please also select the most relevant assets or services that are affected by the climate hazard and provide a description of the impact.12Please describe the impacts experienced so far, and how you expect the hazard to impact in the future9River based flooding is fortunately confined to a relatively smaller percentage of our Toronto jurisdiction due to tight regulations on building in river flood planes. However there are concerns over damages due to culvert and bridge washouts that can occur. Inspection and maintenance of these structures has been stepped up wich helps reduce the risk of damages. In recent years, Toronto has experienced extreme rainfall resulting in thousands of basement floods; untreated sewage entering Lake Ontario; debris and hazardous material clean-up costing millions of dollars; electrical disruption affecting hundreds of thousands of Toronto residents; and, transportation disruption affecting thousands of commuters due to road closures, and public transport delays. Most parts of Toronto are not in river flood plains, the main problem of flooding is due to "Urban Flooding" (also known as overland or pluvial flooding), which is considerably different than river based flooding, just to be clear.
11336031117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.1Please list the most significant climate hazards faced by your city and indicate the probability and consequence of these hazards, as well as the expected future change in frequency and intensity. Please also select the most relevant assets or services that are affected by the climate hazard and provide a description of the impact.1Climate Hazards10Biological hazards > Vector-borne disease
11336131117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.1Please list the most significant climate hazards faced by your city and indicate the probability and consequence of these hazards, as well as the expected future change in frequency and intensity. Please also select the most relevant assets or services that are affected by the climate hazard and provide a description of the impact.2Did this hazard significantly impact your city before 2019?10Yes
11336231117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.1Please list the most significant climate hazards faced by your city and indicate the probability and consequence of these hazards, as well as the expected future change in frequency and intensity. Please also select the most relevant assets or services that are affected by the climate hazard and provide a description of the impact.3Current probability of hazard10High
11336331117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.1Please list the most significant climate hazards faced by your city and indicate the probability and consequence of these hazards, as well as the expected future change in frequency and intensity. Please also select the most relevant assets or services that are affected by the climate hazard and provide a description of the impact.4Current consequence of hazard10Medium
11336431117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.1Please list the most significant climate hazards faced by your city and indicate the probability and consequence of these hazards, as well as the expected future change in frequency and intensity. Please also select the most relevant assets or services that are affected by the climate hazard and provide a description of the impact.5Social impact of hazard overall10Increased incidence and prevalence of disease and illness
11336531117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.1Please list the most significant climate hazards faced by your city and indicate the probability and consequence of these hazards, as well as the expected future change in frequency and intensity. Please also select the most relevant assets or services that are affected by the climate hazard and provide a description of the impact.6Future change in frequency10Increasing
11336631117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.1Please list the most significant climate hazards faced by your city and indicate the probability and consequence of these hazards, as well as the expected future change in frequency and intensity. Please also select the most relevant assets or services that are affected by the climate hazard and provide a description of the impact.7Future change in intensity10Increasing
11336731117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.1Please list the most significant climate hazards faced by your city and indicate the probability and consequence of these hazards, as well as the expected future change in frequency and intensity. Please also select the most relevant assets or services that are affected by the climate hazard and provide a description of the impact.8When do you first expect to experience those changes?10Immediately
11336831117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.1Please list the most significant climate hazards faced by your city and indicate the probability and consequence of these hazards, as well as the expected future change in frequency and intensity. Please also select the most relevant assets or services that are affected by the climate hazard and provide a description of the impact.9Most relevant assets / services affected overall10Public health
11336931117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.1Please list the most significant climate hazards faced by your city and indicate the probability and consequence of these hazards, as well as the expected future change in frequency and intensity. Please also select the most relevant assets or services that are affected by the climate hazard and provide a description of the impact.10Please identify which vulnerable populations are affected10Other: People who spend time outdoors in vegetated areas.
11337031117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.1Please list the most significant climate hazards faced by your city and indicate the probability and consequence of these hazards, as well as the expected future change in frequency and intensity. Please also select the most relevant assets or services that are affected by the climate hazard and provide a description of the impact.11Magnitude of expected future impact10Medium
11337131117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.1Please list the most significant climate hazards faced by your city and indicate the probability and consequence of these hazards, as well as the expected future change in frequency and intensity. Please also select the most relevant assets or services that are affected by the climate hazard and provide a description of the impact.12Please describe the impacts experienced so far, and how you expect the hazard to impact in the future10Vector-borne diseases are a less serious concern for Toronto. In recent years, West Nile Virus and Lyme disease have migrated northward posing increased risk to human health and specifically for Toronto residents - blacklegged ticks which transmit Lyme disease have been found in Toronto. The disease can affect the central nervous system, brain, joints or the heart affecting any age group. West Nile Virus can affect anyone – however; the elderly, children and those with a weakened immune system are at greater risk. As the climate continues to warm, Toronto may experience an increased number of health implications linked to vector-borne diseases.Although the number of people affected currently is not high, the impact on individual people is considered sometimes to be extreme. Lyme disease in particular has the threat of changing how much people spend time outdoors which will have other health and psychological effects. (i.e. the benefits of being able to spend time in nature may decrease).
11337231117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.1Please list the most significant climate hazards faced by your city and indicate the probability and consequence of these hazards, as well as the expected future change in frequency and intensity. Please also select the most relevant assets or services that are affected by the climate hazard and provide a description of the impact.1Climate Hazards11Storm and wind > Extra tropical storm
11337331117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.1Please list the most significant climate hazards faced by your city and indicate the probability and consequence of these hazards, as well as the expected future change in frequency and intensity. Please also select the most relevant assets or services that are affected by the climate hazard and provide a description of the impact.2Did this hazard significantly impact your city before 2019?11Yes
11337431117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.1Please list the most significant climate hazards faced by your city and indicate the probability and consequence of these hazards, as well as the expected future change in frequency and intensity. Please also select the most relevant assets or services that are affected by the climate hazard and provide a description of the impact.3Current probability of hazard11Low
11337531117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.1Please list the most significant climate hazards faced by your city and indicate the probability and consequence of these hazards, as well as the expected future change in frequency and intensity. Please also select the most relevant assets or services that are affected by the climate hazard and provide a description of the impact.4Current consequence of hazard11High
11337631117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.1Please list the most significant climate hazards faced by your city and indicate the probability and consequence of these hazards, as well as the expected future change in frequency and intensity. Please also select the most relevant assets or services that are affected by the climate hazard and provide a description of the impact.5Social impact of hazard overall11Increased risk to already vulnerable populations
11337731117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.1Please list the most significant climate hazards faced by your city and indicate the probability and consequence of these hazards, as well as the expected future change in frequency and intensity. Please also select the most relevant assets or services that are affected by the climate hazard and provide a description of the impact.5Social impact of hazard overall11Increased demand for healthcare services
11337831117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.1Please list the most significant climate hazards faced by your city and indicate the probability and consequence of these hazards, as well as the expected future change in frequency and intensity. Please also select the most relevant assets or services that are affected by the climate hazard and provide a description of the impact.5Social impact of hazard overall11Increased demand for public services
11337931117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.1Please list the most significant climate hazards faced by your city and indicate the probability and consequence of these hazards, as well as the expected future change in frequency and intensity. Please also select the most relevant assets or services that are affected by the climate hazard and provide a description of the impact.6Future change in frequency11Increasing
11338031117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.1Please list the most significant climate hazards faced by your city and indicate the probability and consequence of these hazards, as well as the expected future change in frequency and intensity. Please also select the most relevant assets or services that are affected by the climate hazard and provide a description of the impact.7Future change in intensity11Increasing
11338131117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.1Please list the most significant climate hazards faced by your city and indicate the probability and consequence of these hazards, as well as the expected future change in frequency and intensity. Please also select the most relevant assets or services that are affected by the climate hazard and provide a description of the impact.8When do you first expect to experience those changes?11Short-term (by 2025)
11338231117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.1Please list the most significant climate hazards faced by your city and indicate the probability and consequence of these hazards, as well as the expected future change in frequency and intensity. Please also select the most relevant assets or services that are affected by the climate hazard and provide a description of the impact.9Most relevant assets / services affected overall11Residential
11338331117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.1Please list the most significant climate hazards faced by your city and indicate the probability and consequence of these hazards, as well as the expected future change in frequency and intensity. Please also select the most relevant assets or services that are affected by the climate hazard and provide a description of the impact.9Most relevant assets / services affected overall11Energy
11338431117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.1Please list the most significant climate hazards faced by your city and indicate the probability and consequence of these hazards, as well as the expected future change in frequency and intensity. Please also select the most relevant assets or services that are affected by the climate hazard and provide a description of the impact.9Most relevant assets / services affected overall11Public health
11338531117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.1Please list the most significant climate hazards faced by your city and indicate the probability and consequence of these hazards, as well as the expected future change in frequency and intensity. Please also select the most relevant assets or services that are affected by the climate hazard and provide a description of the impact.10Please identify which vulnerable populations are affected11Marginalized groups
11338631117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.1Please list the most significant climate hazards faced by your city and indicate the probability and consequence of these hazards, as well as the expected future change in frequency and intensity. Please also select the most relevant assets or services that are affected by the climate hazard and provide a description of the impact.11Magnitude of expected future impact11Medium
11338731117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.1Please list the most significant climate hazards faced by your city and indicate the probability and consequence of these hazards, as well as the expected future change in frequency and intensity. Please also select the most relevant assets or services that are affected by the climate hazard and provide a description of the impact.12Please describe the impacts experienced so far, and how you expect the hazard to impact in the future11Toronto was grazed by Hurricane Sandy. In 1954, Toronto experienced Hurrican Hazel.
11338831117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.2Please identify and describe the factors that most greatly affect your city’s ability to adapt to climate change and indicate how those factors either support or challenge this ability.1Factors that affect ability to adapt1Cost of living
11338931117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.2Please identify and describe the factors that most greatly affect your city’s ability to adapt to climate change and indicate how those factors either support or challenge this ability.2Support / Challenge1Challenge
11339031117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.2Please identify and describe the factors that most greatly affect your city’s ability to adapt to climate change and indicate how those factors either support or challenge this ability.3Please describe the factor and the degree to which it supports or challenges the adaptive capacity of your city1There is very significant income inequality in Toronto, with a large number of new immigrants who have smaller social networks and smaller resources to fall back upon in the event of a shock such as flooding of a home.
11339131117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.2Please identify and describe the factors that most greatly affect your city’s ability to adapt to climate change and indicate how those factors either support or challenge this ability.1Factors that affect ability to adapt2Housing
11339231117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.2Please identify and describe the factors that most greatly affect your city’s ability to adapt to climate change and indicate how those factors either support or challenge this ability.2Support / Challenge2Challenge
11339331117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.2Please identify and describe the factors that most greatly affect your city’s ability to adapt to climate change and indicate how those factors either support or challenge this ability.3Please describe the factor and the degree to which it supports or challenges the adaptive capacity of your city2Housing in both rental and owned accommodation is very expensive and a major drain on most family incomes. This reduces the amount of funds available to take measures towards resilience. Around 50% of Toronto's growing population is housed in high rise buildings, many of which are older than 1980. High rise buildings are more problematic in the event of an extended power failure if they are not fitted with backup power for sustained habitation, which is generally the case. There is a key concern about vulnerable populations (e.g. seniors, disabled persons, new immigrants with few social connections) in the event of an extended power disruption. Most buildings have backup power, but not for sustained habitation.
11339431117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.2Please identify and describe the factors that most greatly affect your city’s ability to adapt to climate change and indicate how those factors either support or challenge this ability.1Factors that affect ability to adapt3Budgetary capacity
11339531117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.2Please identify and describe the factors that most greatly affect your city’s ability to adapt to climate change and indicate how those factors either support or challenge this ability.2Support / Challenge3Challenge
11339631117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.2Please identify and describe the factors that most greatly affect your city’s ability to adapt to climate change and indicate how those factors either support or challenge this ability.3Please describe the factor and the degree to which it supports or challenges the adaptive capacity of your city3Funds for adaptation projects have been limited. In the climate area, there is a lot more federal and provincial government money specifically tagged as available for greenhouse gas / energy conservation action. However, new money is becoming available from federal sources.
11339731117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.2Please identify and describe the factors that most greatly affect your city’s ability to adapt to climate change and indicate how those factors either support or challenge this ability.1Factors that affect ability to adapt4Government capacity
11339831117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.2Please identify and describe the factors that most greatly affect your city’s ability to adapt to climate change and indicate how those factors either support or challenge this ability.2Support / Challenge4Challenge
11339931117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.2Please identify and describe the factors that most greatly affect your city’s ability to adapt to climate change and indicate how those factors either support or challenge this ability.3Please describe the factor and the degree to which it supports or challenges the adaptive capacity of your city4Staffing for the specific area of climate change adaptation is very limited. This restricts the initiatives that can be undertaken. There is a constant turn over of capable staff, which means retraining / re-engagement of organizations when key people move on, usually to other jobs where there is a perceived more urgent priority, or money to do things. In a large city it takes a core group of people to help other city organizations get engaged and active on adaption. When that core group itself has limited resources, then it is hard to organize a larger organized movement on adaptation. An emerging recent concern is having sufficient City staff available to write competitive technical proposals for the grant money for resilience oriented projects and then have the capacity to administer contracts to get the work done.
11340031117City of TorontoCanada, North AmericaCanadaClimate Hazards & VulnerabilityClimate Hazards2.2Please identify and describe the factors that most greatly affect your city’s ability to adapt to climate change and indicate how those factors either support or challenge this ability.1Factors that affect ability to adapt5Poverty

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