GLIDE Disaster Events: Canadian Disaster Records with Unique Identifiers

GLIDE Disaster Events provides a collection of disaster records for Canada, each assigned a GLIDEnumber for global interoperability. The data is used by organizations including UN-OCHA, UNDRR, IFRC, and the European Commission. It was last updated on 2026-06-23.

Use Cases

• Cross-reference disaster information across international agencies based on the GLIDEnumber system.
• Map disaster events geographically based on the available GEOJSON format.
• Analyze disaster frequency and types in Canada based on the structured event records.

Strengths

• Data is structured for interoperability via the globally recognized GLIDEnumber system.
• The dataset is actively used by major international organizations like UN-OCHA and IFRC.
• Available in multiple formats including GEOJSON and CSV.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Freshness should be verified as the last update timestamp is from 2026-06-23.

Provenance

Source

GLIDE Initiative

Freshness

Last updated 2026-06-23 23:51:17.912839

Geography

Canada