Recent disasters such as the Lytton wildfire in 2021, Hurricane Fiona in 2022, the wildfires in the Northwest Territories in 2023, and the intense wildfire seasons of 2024 and 2025 have highlighted how challenging recovery can be. Planning for recovery early, ideally before a disaster even happens, can make a big difference. It helps communities rebuild faster, get businesses back up and running sooner, and include measures to reduce future risk during reconstruction.
Today, the Honourable Eleanor Olszewski, Minister of Emergency Management and Community Resilience and Minister responsible for Prairies Economic Development Canada, and Paul Kovacs, Founder and Executive Director of the Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction (ICLR), announced the launch of the Canadian Centre for Recovery and Resilience at ICLR's Disaster Resilience Display Centre in Toronto.
By leveraging their complementary expertise in disaster recovery, risk reduction, and resilience, Public Safety Canada and ICLR will work together through the Canadian Centre for Recovery and Resilience to help communities plan for recovery so they can recover more quickly and rebuild in ways that make them safer and more resilient in the future. It offers:
- Dedicated experts to help communities plan for recovery, overcome challenges, and build resilience before or after a disaster;
- Support through specialized guidance, practical resources, and training for resilient recovery, expanding knowledge and practices that help communities rebuild in ways that reduce future risks;
- A consistent, risk-informed approach to recovery that uses post-disaster opportunities to increase resilience to future disasters.
By offering expert support and practical tools for recovery planning, the Canadian Centre for Recovery and Resilience will help communities with faster, more resilient recovery and better preparation for future disasters.
