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Canada
Household preparedness benchmark: minimum 72 hours.
Evidence classification: space-weather-specific household guidance + all-hazards household guidance.
Dedicated household space-weather guidance: Yes.
What Canada actually establishes
Canada combines general federal household emergency preparedness with dedicated federal space-weather guidance. The 72-hour household benchmark comes from federal all-hazards and power-outage preparedness. Space Weather – Get Prepared adds hazard-specific actions for major forecast events.
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WARNING / MITIGATION
Canada has explicit forecast-triggered household action when a major space-weather event is expected.
HOUSEHOLD AUTONOMY
Federal preparedness guidance supports household self-sufficiency for a minimum of 72 hours.
INFRASTRUCTURE RECOVERY
Infrastructure recovery can exceed 72 hours without creating a longer federal household stockpile requirement.
When major space weather is forecast
Federal guidance explicitly advises filling a vehicle with gas or fully charging an electric vehicle before a major forecast event because fuel pumps or charging may not work during outages.
It also supports alternative communications, backup charging, paper maps for satellite-navigation loss and household emergency planning.
Household preparedness
Food and medication
Emergency food is supported for at least 72 hours. Medication is included in the federal emergency-kit framework, with planning for powered medical equipment where needed.
Communications and information
Alternative communications, battery or crank radio access, official alerts and offline contact information are supported.
Charging and backup power
Chargers, power banks and backup power where required are part of the supported preparedness capability.
Cash, navigation and planning
Cash is included in emergency-kit guidance. Paper maps are supported when satellite navigation may be unreliable, alongside a household emergency plan.
Water
Federal guidance supports maintaining emergency water for the preparedness period, but the current Solar Flare Innovations source set does not establish a numeric federal water quantity for Canada.
Numeric quantity: not established. No quantity from another country is imported to fill this gap.
Infrastructure dependencies
The Canadian Space Agency socioeconomic study assesses space-weather effects across the electrical grid, satellite communications, GNSS, aviation and broader socioeconomic systems.
These infrastructure consequences support system-level analysis. They do not automatically create additional household stockpile requirements.
Evidence limitations
- The 72-hour benchmark is federal all-hazards and power-outage doctrine, not a unique space-weather duration.
- Canada does have dedicated federal household space-weather guidance, including forecast-triggered actions.
- The current project source set does not establish a numeric federal water quantity.
- Infrastructure recovery periods must not be converted into longer household stockpile requirements without direct government evidence.
Primary government sources
This page follows the Solar Flare Innovations evidence standard. See the Preparedness Doctrine for methodology and publication thresholds.
Solar Flare Innovations 