Gorge Flood Adaptation

Climate change is causing sea levels to rise, including in the Gorge Waterway and Portage Inlet.

We want to understand why the Gorge is important to you, to help guide planning for current flood risks and future sea level rise. Complete the survey, add a pin to the map or join us at an event to share your favourite places and experiences with the Gorge.

The feedback we receive will help shape the Gorge Coastal Flood Adaptation Strategy, a collaboration between Victoria, Esquimalt, Saanich and View Royal, with support from the Capital Regional District.

Through this engagement, we aim to:

  • Inform: Highlight the key issues and challenges sea level rise presents for the Gorge and Portage Inlet.
  • Share: Provide background information on the Gorge and Portage Inlet.
  • Listen & Learn: Gather your knowledge, experiences and values to help guide sea level rise planning for the Gorge and Portage Inlet.

Gorge Flood Adaptation Strategy

We are developing a Gorge Flood Adaptation Strategy. Once complete, it will identify coastal adaptation options that minimize the risk of flooding in the Gorge, from the Johnson Street Bridge to the end of Portage Inlet.

Based on the feedback we receive, as well as a risk assessment and technical analysis, we will develop adaptation options for each municipality along the Gorge and Portage Inlet to ensure long-term coastal flood resilience.

Climate change is causing sea levels to rise, including in the Gorge Waterway and Portage Inlet.

We want to understand why the Gorge is important to you, to help guide planning for current flood risks and future sea level rise. Complete the survey, add a pin to the map or join us at an event to share your favourite places and experiences with the Gorge.

The feedback we receive will help shape the Gorge Coastal Flood Adaptation Strategy, a collaboration between Victoria, Esquimalt, Saanich and View Royal, with support from the Capital Regional District.

Through this engagement, we aim to:

  • Inform: Highlight the key issues and challenges sea level rise presents for the Gorge and Portage Inlet.
  • Share: Provide background information on the Gorge and Portage Inlet.
  • Listen & Learn: Gather your knowledge, experiences and values to help guide sea level rise planning for the Gorge and Portage Inlet.

Gorge Flood Adaptation Strategy

We are developing a Gorge Flood Adaptation Strategy. Once complete, it will identify coastal adaptation options that minimize the risk of flooding in the Gorge, from the Johnson Street Bridge to the end of Portage Inlet.

Based on the feedback we receive, as well as a risk assessment and technical analysis, we will develop adaptation options for each municipality along the Gorge and Portage Inlet to ensure long-term coastal flood resilience.

  • Gorge Flood Adaptation Survey

    Climate change is causing sea levels to rise, including in the Gorge Waterway and Portage Inlet. Flooding is already happening in this area, impacting private, public and natural spaces. 

    In 2021, the CRD Coastal Flood Inundation Mapping Project was released, which identified how sea level rise and tsunami events are likely to cause flooding; areas along the Gorge and Portage Inlet were highlighted as particularly vulnerable in low-lying areas and due to high population density.  

    Now, we want to understand why this area is important to you to help us prioritize what we want to protect from flooding and future sea level rise. We also want to hear from you about any experience you have with flooding in the Gorge Waterway and Portage Inlet. 

    The feedback you provide through the survey will help shape the Gorge Coastal Flood Adaptation Strategy, a collaboration between Victoria, Esquimalt, Saanich and View Royal, with support from the Capital Regional District. 

    The next steps of the project include a technical study to evaluate flood hazards and infrastructure vulnerabilities, a risk assessment that will build on previous studies to better understand the site-specific risks from sea level rise, and development of recommended adaptation options that will inform the Gorge Coastal Flood Adaptation Strategy and may be implemented by the participating municipalities.  

    The survey is open until 11:59 p.m. on Sept. 30, 2025.  

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Page last updated: 08 Jul 2025, 11:45 AM