FAQs

Sunshine Coast Regional District, District of Sechelt, Town of Gibsons and Islands Trust are working together to deliver this project

Better understanding current and future flood hazards will help our communities to consider climate adaptation pathways to address them.  Flood mapping also helps inform the region's land use planning changes to support community resilience. 

The project is gathering information and working with mapping technicians, water hydrology experts, engineers and geomorphologists and the latest scientific understanding of rising sea levels to create draft maps highlighting specific areas of concern, and understand future changes in high tide/ storm surge patterns.

Community and stakeholder engagement and awareness building is a critical component of climate adaptation and coastal flood mapping.  Project outreach will seek to better understand community concerns and help build awareness and understanding of coastal flood hazards.  Getting public accounts of past flood events are useful for flood mapping.  Engagement increases awareness of coastal flood hazards and climate adaptation pathways to address them.

We anticipate to start broader public engagement from October to December 2024 to raise awareness of the project. More engagement and opportunities for more public response to the draft Mapping data and Recommendations will occur in April-May 2025

You can follow this page to hear about project updates directly.  Public engagement sessions will be announced to help you to participate.  This website will also post links, polls and information.  You can help us identify areas of concern and positive solutions on the map.

• July 2024 Project Initiation
• July-Sept 2024 – Data Gathering
• Sept 2024 -Feb 2025 – Wave Analysis
• Oct-Dec 2024 – Community Engagement – Raising awareness & gathering input
• Feb-Apr 2025 - Coastal Hazard Mapping
• May 2025 – Community Engagement – Sharing recommendations for adaptations & regulations

August 2025 – Final Report