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Canada (v.2015)
Product type
Model
Now
DESCRIPTION
Canada (v.2015) is part of GEM's Global Earthquake Hazard and Risk Maps released to the public in December 2018. As part of the mosaic, the seismic hazard, exposure and vulnerability models employed in the calculations were either provided by national institutions, or developed within the scope of regional programs, bilateral collaborations, or by GEM. Click View for details.
APPLICATION
Hazard
The Global Hazard Mosaic coverage of Canada uses Canada's 5th Generation Seismic Hazard Model (Halchuk et al., 2015), produced by Natural Resources Canada (NRC), in order to develop the 2015 National Building Code of Canada. The model was originally developed for GSCFRISK software, and was subsequently converted into the OpenQuake (OQ) engine format by NRC. Small, additional adjustments were made by the GEM Secretariat in order to fit the mosaic criteria.
Maintained by
NRCan
Product type
Model
Availability
Now
Product restrictions
Open By Attribution and Share-Alike but not for commercial use
Licence type
CC BY-NC-SA
Exposure
Exposure data for Admin level 1 for population, commercial, industrial and residential buildings
Maintained by
GEM
Product type
Model
Availability
Now
Product restrictions
Non-Disclosure Agreement (By request for public-good, non-commercial use)
Licence type
NDA
Exposure data and license information to be available on NRCan’s Federal Geospatial Platform soon for population, commercial, industrial and residential buildings.
Vulnerability
Vulnerability curves for all building classes
Maintained by
GEM
Product type
Model
Availability
Now
Product restrictions
Open By Attribution, Share-Alike and Commercial use provided the by-products are shared under the same conditions as the original license
Licence type
CC BY-SA
Fragility and vulnerability functions developed by GEM and UBC Civil Engineering, to be published in an upcoming validation paper by NRCan.
Country Profiles
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GEM
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