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Jasper National Park officials said Thursday night that rain over the day resulted in "minimal fire behaviour and spread."
Canada's Disaster Financial Assistance Arrangements program, or DFAA, was launched in 1970, setting a formula for how provinces and territories would split costs with the federal government when disaster strikes.
The formula is based on population, with Ottawa covering a larger share of the costs in smaller provinces with less ability to pay. The formula means that the federal coverage for a $60-million disaster claim from Prince Edward Island would be 87 per cent, while it would cover just four per cent of the same-sized claim from Ontario.
Here's a quick look at DFAA claims to date:
$8.5 billion: Federal disaster payments made since 1970.
$6.1 billion: Federal disaster payments made since 2010.
283: Number of DFAA claims made by provinces and territories since 1970.
114: Number of claims made since 2010.
7 years: Average amount of time it takes for full disaster aid payment to be made after an event takes place.
$31.8 million: Average amount of federal disaster assistance per claim.
137: Number of claims made for flooding, or 48 per cent of total claims made.
$29 million: Average federal disaster assistance payment for flood claims.
84: Number of claims made for rainstorms or major storms including hurricanes, or 29 per cent of total claims made.
$21.7 million: Average federal disaster assistance payment for storm claims.
27: Number of claims made for wildfires, or 9.5 per cent of total claims made.
$67 million: Average federal disaster assistance payment for wildfire claims.
34: Number of claims that have not yet been fully paid.
$699 million: Most expensive closed claim to date, for 2011 spring flooding in Manitoba. It took 12 years for all the funds to flow.
15 years: The longest it has taken to fully pay out a claim, for flooding that happened in Quebec in 1996.
33: Number of claims for which full payment took 10 or more years.
8: Number of claims that have ever been fully paid within a year. The last time that happened was in 1986, after flooding in Alberta.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published March 12, 2024.
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