Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund: Overview
Status
The application period for the Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund (DMAF) is closed.
DMAF is fully allocated. Projects are currently under construction and will be completed by March 2035.
Visit our interactive map to see projects that are benefiting communities across the country.
Communities across Canada have been affected – and will be increasingly affected – by major weather-related disasters and catastrophes caused by climate change.
Since 2018, the Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund (DMAF) has received a total of $3.7 billion to help communities prepare for and reduce these risks. This funding came from three sources: the initial allocation in Budget 2017, additional funding from Budget 2021, and further investments through the Government of Canada Adaptation Action Plan (GOCAAP). Budget 2021 funding also included a dedicated minimum of $138 million for Indigenous beneficiaries.
Funds are invested in structural and natural infrastructure projects aimed at increasing the resilience of communities affected by natural disasters triggered by climate change.
DMAF’s budget is fully allocated. Projects are under construction and will be completed by March 2035.
Learn more about current DMAF projects here:
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This funding is really critical to helping us address a growing backlog of really critical repairs that are needed to this existing infrastructure.
Over the past few years, we've experienced several really extreme storm events that have caused a lot of damage to our shorelines in Hamilton.
So this project will allow us to look at those shorelines, figure out how we can protect them to make sure that we retain those really important vital spaces for our community.
This funding and this project will help us do that.
These expenditures are absolutely necessary.
They will save lives.
A statistical certainty is that this flooding situation will occur again.
This isn't just about the protection of our village.
We see ourselves as it's a joint project between the cities of Chilliwack and ourselves with federal funding and assistance.
God bless the federal government for that.
But, this is about the entire social economic welfare of the city of Chilliwack and the Fraser Valley proper.
This project will benefit York region by increasing tree and woodland cover throughout the region.
By planting trees in urban areas, we're going to mitigate extreme temperature events.
This announcement today is a big boost to what we're doing to mitigate the impacts of climate change.
In the city of Markham, the $48 million will go towards our flood program in Thornhill, and in York region, it will be used to twin a 35-year-old force main which will reduce the incidence of spills during heavy storms.
It's going to have a great impact on Richmond.
We're always trying to improve our dykes to protect against climate change and sea-level rise.
So this goes a long way to helping us meet our long-term goals.
It's going to mean peace of mind for the community.
Very pleased to see some conclusion being brought to this.
It's an absolutely huge announcement, and I think the community is going to be very happy with it.
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