EXTREME HEAT & VULNERABILITY MAPPING
The City of St. Catharines, a lower-tier municipality in the Niagara Region, features community assets such as parks, pools, and splash pads that help mitigate the impacts of extreme heat.
With extreme heat events expected to increase in the coming years, the City is developing actions to address key impact areas and support priority populations most at risk. A key initiative is the creation of a heat risk and vulnerability map to guide strategic resource allocation, programs, and infrastructure investments, ensuring a more equitable and resilient response to extreme heat.
Project Description
In response to an action outlined in their Corporate Climate Change Adaptation Plan, the City of St. Catharines is developing a heat risk and vulnerability map to support an effective and equitable response to extreme heat.
Before creating a local, data-driven map, the City identified the need for a strong evidence-based foundation, a thorough understanding of relevant data sources, and early engagement with map developers and users.
With support from the Ontario Resource Centre for Climate Adaptation’s Staff Capacity Program, the City conducted extensive research and early engagement to establish the foundational knowledge and relationships for the mapping process.
In addition to a comprehensive research report, this initial project phase culminated in the identification of 13 Guiding Principles and a data “shopping list” to identify and source relevant data.
Objectives
• To explore the development, output options, and usefulness of a local, data-driven map to identify areas at risk from extreme heat;
• To examine existing heat mapping approaches with users and developers to identify effective mapping methods, data types, and sources; and
• To work towards identifying municipal “hot spots” where targeted adaptation actions can have the greatest impact.
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