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Emergency Flood Damage Reduction Program
Emergency flood protection for imminent risks
Funding available
$ 50,000
Deadline
Open continuously
Location
Canada
Overview
Emergency Flood Damage Reduction Program provides cost-shared assistance to communities, rural municipalities, businesses, non-profit organizations, and individuals with rural yard sites, country residences, or cottages facing imminent flood risk. Eligible measures include permanent dykes, culverts, gates, diversion works, pumping, private well testing, and related labour, materials, equipment rental, and taxes.
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Opportunity Score
Moderate potential, but conditions must align.
At a glance
Funding available
Financing goals
- Implement environmental initiatives
- Conduct research or evaluation activities
Eligible Funding
- Maximum amount : 50,000 $
Funds Providers
Eligible candidates
Eligible Industries
- All industries
Location
- Canada
Legal structures
- All legal structures
Annual revenue
- All revenue ranges
Organisation size
- All organization sizes
Audience
- All groups
Next Steps
1
Determine your project
2
Validate your eligibility
Activities funded
- Construction of permanent dykes or berms.
- Installation of culverts and gates.
- Construction of permanent diversion works or channel improvements.
- Relocation of principle residence if that is the least cost option.
- Pumping to prevent damage from overland flooding when there is no alternative permanent solution.
- Testing and advice on disinfection for private wells used for human consumptive purposes and affected by flood waters.
Official resources
Eligibility
Who is eligible?
- Communities.
- Rural municipalities.
- Businesses.
- Non-profit organizations.
- Individuals with rural yard sites, country residences, or cottages.
Eligible expenses
- Erosion control materials, road haul levies as part of materials costs, and culvert and culvert gate purchases.
- Contracted labour or overtime labour for employees of the client or employees hired specifically to implement flood protection measures.
- Equipment rental, including pumps and machinery, and clients’ use of their own pumping equipment or machinery at standard industry rates less the labour.
- Costs of extraction and reclamation when materials are sourced from the client’s own land.
- Provincial Sales Tax for all clients when paid on invoices, and Goods and Services Tax only for individual clients when paid on invoices.
Ineligible Costs and Activities
- Flood protection for cropland, pastureland, orchards, golf courses or gardens; groundwater seepage into buildings; slope failure; and shoreline erosion.
- Flood protection measures that qualify for assistance under the Provincial Disaster Assistance Program administered by the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency.
- Temporary flood damage reduction or prevention measures, including sandbagging, except pumping if there are no alternative permanent solutions.
- Sandbagging efforts, temporary ditching or dyking, channel clearing, snow removal and culvert steaming; shoreline erosion mitigation or protection; and slope failure mitigation or protection.
- Protection of wastewater lagoons or septic systems, boathouses and docks, corrals and feedlots; landscaping; reusable temporary flood mitigation measures; purchase of a pump or associated pumping equipment; materials sourced from the client’s own land; repairs to buildings; breaching or repair of washed out roads; non-overtime labour; voluntary labour; interest charges; permit fees; and refundable GST.
How to apply
- Contact the Water Security Agency at 1.866.727.5420 for engineering and technical assistance, applications for financial assistance, and testing and analysis services for private groundwater supplies from April 1 to July 31.
Processing and Agreement
- Upon WSA approval of the flood protection measures, the client must sign an agreement outlining the flood protection measures to be implemented, the cost-sharing rates and other terms satisfactory to the Water Security Agency.
- Once the agreement is signed, the client will undertake the work or hire a contractor.
- Upon completion of the work, original paid receipts must be submitted to WSA for payment in accordance with the cost-sharing provisions.
- Final payment is subject to final inspection and receipt of required documentation, including equipment logs, timesheets, invoices and paid receipts.
- If there is insufficient time prior to flooding, an agreement may be established after the work is commenced, and the client must contact WSA as soon as possible during or after the flood event.
Contacts
Availability timeline
2026
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Frequently Asked Questions about the Emergency Flood Damage Reduction Program Program
What is the Emergency Flood Damage Reduction Program?
Emergency Flood Damage Reduction Program provides cost-shared assistance to communities, rural municipalities, businesses, non-profit organizations, and individuals with rural yard sites, country residences, or cottages facing imminent flood risk. Eligible measures include permanent dykes, culverts, gates, diversion works, pumping, private well testing, and related labour, materials, equipment rental, and taxes.
How much funding can be received?
Emergency Flood Damage Reduction Program Funds up to $50,000 of admissible expenses.
What is the deadline to apply?
The program is accepting continuous intake
Who is eligible for the Emergency Flood Damage Reduction Program program?
To be eligible for the Emergency Flood Damage Reduction Program program, you must:
Work must protect against imminent flood risk that occurs between April 1 and July 31 of the program year.
The work must be recommended by an engineer or technical specialist.
Applicable regulatory approvals must be obtained before construction starts.
What expenses are eligible under Emergency Flood Damage Reduction Program?
Construction of permanent dykes or berms.
Installation of culverts and gates.
Construction of permanent diversion works or channel improvements.
Relocation of principle residence if that is the least cost option.
Pumping to prevent damage from overland flooding when there is no alternative permanent solution.
Testing and advice on disinfection for private wells used for human consumptive purposes and affected by flood waters.
Who can I contact for more information about the Emergency Flood Damage Reduction Program?
You can contact Water Security Agency (WSA) or by phone at 1.866.727.5420.
Where is the Emergency Flood Damage Reduction Program available?
The Emergency Flood Damage Reduction Program program is available across Canada.