Flooding has forced several communities in Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick to declare states of emergency, evacuate residents and request the assistance of the federal government.
Peter Toner, right, Peta Fussell and their son Harry, 11, use a canoe and chest waders to check on their home on Riverside Drive in Fredericton on Monday April 22, 2019
Members of the Canadian Forces help push a boat loaded with sandbags to a flooded home in the Constance Bay area in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, April 26, 2019
In Ottawa, those affected by the floods were given a small break as the area received only 14.3 mm of rain on Friday, far less than the 25 mm initially predicted for the area.
However, a morning report from the Ottawa River Regulations Planning Board, which monitors levels in the Ottawa River, said water levels are just below 2017 levels close to Constance Bay and they’re forecast to rise another 47 centimetres.
A measuring spot close to Parliament Hill forecasts a rise of another 75 centimetres before water levels are expected to peak on May 1.
The City of Ottawa remains under the state of emergency it declared on Thursday, despite the short reprieve from the heavy rain.
A man carries a box of personal items from a boat in the town of Rigaud, Que, west of Montreal, Friday, April 26, 2019.The town issued a mandatory evacuation order earlier Friday
The Galipeault Bridge on Highway 20, which connects Île-Perrot to Montreal’s West Island, was also closed due to rising water.
As of Saturday morning, more than 3,000 homes had been hit by flooding, more than 2,000 people had been forced from their homes and more than 2,700 homes were inaccessible due to washed out roads and landslides, according to Urgence Quebec.
A cyclist surveys the bike path on the closed Galipeault Bridge in Ile-Perrot
The New Brunswick Legislature is seen in the background of a boat ramp sign in Carleton Park surrounded by the flood water and debris from the St. John River in Fredericton, N.B. on Saturday, April 20, 2019
