Vancouver is at daily and continual risk of a major life-changing earthquake.
Safe and adaptive buildings are a priority in the Resilient Vancouver Strategy PDF file (10 MB). How we build and design our city can reduce risks and build resilience. We're searching for options to enhance the safety of buildings and the people and services they support, in the event of an earthquake.
We are working to understand how a large earthquake might impact Vancouver’s 90,000+ buildings and develop actions to reduce the damage.