Jason Thistlethwaite is a CIGI senior fellow, as well as assistant professor in the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development in the Faculty of Environment at the University of Waterloo. [...] The engineering maps were awareness about flood impacts, impart flood designed to accurately delineate the flood risk areas preparedness advice and increase transparency and were meant for local and provincial government about government actions for reducing flood officials. [...] To offset flood losses, the federal government is both investing in risk reduction Flood maps were recognized as an important initiatives and supporting the development of public policy tool more than 40 years ago in a residential flood insurance market (Public Canada, as exemplified by the launch of the Flood Safety Canada 2017). [...] In New Brunswick, for example, the provincial government maintains In addition to assessing the availability of flood an online portal where flood maps are published maps, the quality of publicly accessible flood for multiple municipalities. [...] Similarly, less than create relatable depictions of flood impacts on half of the maps included advice on what residents communities (for example, using photographs), could do to reduce or manage their flood risk — and assist users in understanding the flood map so missed making an important link between risk and its limitations and establish connections and actions.