# El Niño 2026–27: How Seasonal Climate Signals Can Shape Power-Outage Risk in Canada

> A source-reviewed guide to NOAA's July 2026 ENSO outlook, possible Canadian weather and outage risks, preparedness, and localized grid planning.

Canonical: https://geogridiq.com/blog/el-nino-2026-2027-power-outage-risk-canada/
Author: [Justin St-Laurent](https://geogridiq.com/about-author/), Founder of GeoGridIQ
Published: 2026-07-26
Modified: 2026-07-26
Section: Climate and grid resilience
Topics: El Niño, ENSO, Power outages, Canada, Grid resilience, Weather risk
Facts reviewed: 2026-07-26
RONI values review due: 2026-08-03
ENSO outlook review due: 2026-08-13

## Short answer

El Niño is a natural warming pattern in the tropical Pacific that changes atmospheric circulation and shifts seasonal weather probabilities worldwide. It does not directly cause a power outage. In Canada, changes in temperature, precipitation, wind, wildfire conditions, or grid demand can alter local risk. GeoGridIQ is designed to evaluate those local drivers rather than treating El Niño alone as an outage forecast.

## July 2026 ENSO status

- Status: El Niño Advisory as of 2026-07-20.
- 97% chance of El Niño conditions in February-April 2027 (NOAA outlook dated 2026-07-09).
- 81% chance of at least +2.0 °C RONI in October-December 2026 (NOAA outlook dated 2026-07-09).
- Probabilities are not guarantees of local impacts. These values are NOAA ENSO probabilities, not GeoGridIQ outage probabilities.

## Key takeaways

- El Niño changes the background odds of regional weather; it is not a local storm or outage forecast.
- NOAA's July 9 outlook assigned a 97% chance of El Niño conditions in February-April 2027 and an 81% chance of a very strong October-December 2026 RONI.
- Canadian impacts vary by region, season, event structure, and interaction with other climate patterns.
- Local hazards, vegetation, terrain, grid exposure, asset condition, and demand determine whether weather becomes an outage.
- GeoGridIQ is being developed to narrow broad seasonal context into localized, time-bound decision support after each horizon passes its safety and promotion gates.

## What is El Niño?

El Niño and La Niña are opposite phases of the El Niño-Southern Oscillation, or ENSO. During El Niño, the central and eastern equatorial Pacific becomes warmer relative to its surrounding ocean background. Trade winds usually weaken, warm surface water shifts east, and the main zones of tropical rainfall and rising air move with it. Those changes can alter jet streams and seasonal weather patterns far from the Pacific. Sources: [Environment and Climate Change Canada - El Niño](https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/weather-general-tools-resources/el-nino.html); [NOAA Climate Prediction Center - ENSO: Recent Evolution, Current Status and Predictions](https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/lanina/enso_evolution-status-fcsts-web.pdf).

Think of ENSO as a large-scale background pattern, not a local storm forecast. It changes the environment in which individual weather systems form and travel. El Niño generally develops over months, often reaches its greatest strength during Northern Hemisphere winter, and commonly lasts about nine to twelve months, although timing, duration, spatial structure, and impacts differ from one event to another. Sources: [World Meteorological Organization - WMO: Prepare for El Niño](https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/wmo-prepare-el-nino); [Environment and Climate Change Canada - El Niño](https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/weather-general-tools-resources/el-nino.html).

### Diagram text alternative

- **Warm Pacific:** Relative tropical Pacific warming
- **Weaker trades:** Warm water and convection shift east
- **Circulation shifts:** Jet-stream influence changes
- **Regional odds:** Seasonal tendencies, not local certainty

Simplified ENSO mechanism. Arrows show a chain of influence, not a deterministic path to Canadian weather.

## How El Niño can become a power-grid issue

The useful connection is a causal ladder. El Niño changes broad ocean-atmosphere circulation. That can increase or decrease the likelihood of regional temperature, rainfall, drought, and storm-track patterns. Actual hazards still arrive through individual weather systems. Those hazards then meet trees, wet or frozen soil, terrain, exposed conductors, equipment condition, access constraints, customer demand, and operating decisions.

Canadian authorities identify high winds, freezing rain, hail, wildfire, geomagnetic activity, and electric-system stress during heat waves or cold snaps as outage causes or contributors. Heavy precipitation can also matter through flooding, erosion, access problems, and vegetation failure. El Niño does not raise every hazard in every place; the direction, timing, and strength of each regional influence can differ. Sources: [Public Safety Canada - Power outages](https://www.canada.ca/en/services/policing/emergencies/preparedness/get-prepared/hazards-emergencies/power-outages.html); [Environment and Climate Change Canada - Weather Impact Guides](https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/severeweather/weather-alerts/weather-impact-guides.html).

### Risk translation flow

1. Seasonal ocean-atmosphere signal
2. Regional probability shift
3. Individual local weather hazard
4. Vegetation, terrain, assets, and demand
5. Localized outage-risk estimate
6. Human-reviewed preparedness action

### Local outage-producing hazards

- **Wind and tree contact:** Gusts can break limbs, topple trees, and load exposed lines.
- **Freezing rain and ice:** Accumulation can load conductors and vegetation while slowing access.
- **Thunderstorms and hail:** Convective wind, lightning, hail, and heavy rain can arrive together.
- **Flooding and erosion:** Water can threaten equipment, roads, foundations, and restoration routes.
- **Wildfire:** Fire can damage infrastructure or trigger public-safety operating decisions where applicable.
- **Heat or cold stress:** Demand peaks and temperature stress can expose constrained equipment.

## What El Niño usually means for Canada

**Historical tendency - not a deterministic 2026–27 local forecast.**

Historically, Environment and Climate Change Canada says El Niño's clearest Canadian influence occurs in winter and spring. Western, northwestern, and central Canada often experience milder conditions, while effects are generally smaller in eastern Canada, including the Maritimes. Those are broad historical tendencies, not province-level predictions for the coming season. Sources: [Environment and Climate Change Canada - El Niño](https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/weather-general-tools-resources/el-nino.html).

A seasonal average can hide disruptive episodes. In its December 2023 winter outlook, ECCC cautioned that a comparatively warm winter could still include snow, strong wind, and freezing rain. The same distinction matters in 2026–27: a mild seasonal tendency does not rule out a damaging storm, a rapid freeze-thaw sequence, or a short period of intense cold. Sources: [Environment and Climate Change Canada - Winter seasonal outlook and Canadian El Niño context](https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/news/2023/12/environment-and-climate-change-canada-presents-the-winter-seasonal-outlook.html).

For outage planning, the right question is not simply whether a season will average warm or dry. It is whether the latest local forecast is lining up with exposed vegetation, saturated or frozen ground, vulnerable assets, critical customers, and restoration constraints. That local intersection can change quickly even when the seasonal signal changes slowly.

### Historical regional summary

- **West, Northwest, Central:** Historically stronger tendency toward milder winter and spring conditions.
- **Southeast and Maritimes:** Historically smaller direct El Niño impacts; local systems still matter.
- **Every region:** Short-lived wind, snow, ice, rain, heat, or cold events remain possible.

## Past major El Niño events, compared consistently

NOAA adopted the Relative Oceanic Niño Index, or RONI, for official ENSO monitoring in 2026. RONI is a three-month relative Niño-3.4 index: unlike the older ONI framing, it accounts for the average warmth of the broader tropical oceans. That helps compare ENSO strength in a warmer ocean background without rewriting the physical impacts that already occurred. Sources: [NOAA Climate Prediction Center - Relative Oceanic Niño Index information circular](https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso/roni/pdf/roni-info-may-2026.pdf).

The table uses one metric throughout: peak published three-month RONI. Recent estimates can be revised as datasets are updated. A larger index does not guarantee larger impacts in every region, and the 2026–27 row is a forecast probability rather than an observed peak. Sources: [NOAA Climate Prediction Center - Relative Oceanic Niño Index historical table](https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso/roni/); [NOAA Climate Prediction Center - ENSO Strength Probabilities (July 2026 forecast)](https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso/roni/strengths/).

### Major El Niño events using NOAA's published three-month RONI values.

| Event | Peak published RONI | What readers should understand |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1982-83 | +2.5 °C | Very strong historical event and a major comparison benchmark. |
| 1997-98 | +2.4 °C | Very strong event with a rapid, powerful ocean-atmosphere response. |
| 2015-16 | +2.4 °C | Very strong event; similar index magnitude, not identical atmospheric structure. |
| 2023-24 | +1.5 °C | Recent event; older ONI-era descriptions may rank it differently. |
| 2026–27 | Peak not observed | 81% chance of at least +2.0 °C in Oct-Dec 2026 as of July 9. |

- RONI is a three-month relative Niño-3.4 index.
- Historical values may be revised as datasets are updated.
- A larger index does not guarantee stronger impacts in every region.
- The 2026–27 entry is a probability forecast, not an observed peak.

## Why the 2026–27 El Niño deserves careful attention

As of July 20, 2026, NOAA maintained an El Niño Advisory and reported that oceanic and atmospheric conditions were consistent with El Niño. NOAA's July 9 discussion described the event as present and strengthening after a rapid transition during the first half of the year. Sources: [NOAA Climate Prediction Center - ENSO: Recent Evolution, Current Status and Predictions](https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/lanina/enso_evolution-status-fcsts-web.pdf); [NOAA Climate Prediction Center - ENSO Diagnostic Discussion](https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_disc_jul2026/ensodisc.shtml).

NOAA's July 9 outlook assigned a 97% probability to El Niño conditions in February-April 2027. It also assigned an 81% probability that the October-December 2026 RONI would reach at least +2.0 °C, its very strong category. These are ENSO probabilities, not Canadian weather probabilities and not GeoGridIQ outage probabilities. Sources: [NOAA Climate Prediction Center - ENSO Probabilities (July 2026 forecast)](https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso/roni/probabilities/); [NOAA Climate Prediction Center - ENSO Strength Probabilities (July 2026 forecast)](https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso/roni/strengths/).

### Rapid transition and strengthening

The Pacific moved from La Niña or neutral conditions early in 2026 into El Niño by mid-year; NOAA and WMO described rapid development. Sources: [NOAA Climate Prediction Center - ENSO Diagnostic Discussion](https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_disc_jul2026/ensodisc.shtml); [World Meteorological Organization - WMO: Prepare for El Niño](https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/wmo-prepare-el-nino).

### High persistence confidence

NOAA's July 9 outlook carried the signal through February-April 2027 with 97% probability, extending planning relevance into spring. Sources: [NOAA Climate Prediction Center - ENSO Probabilities (July 2026 forecast)](https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso/roni/probabilities/).

### High probability of very strong classification

The July 9 outlook's 81% figure applies to a RONI threshold and a specific October-December window. It may change in later outlooks. Sources: [NOAA Climate Prediction Center - ENSO Strength Probabilities (July 2026 forecast)](https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso/roni/strengths/).

### A newer comparison standard

RONI adjusts for broader tropical-ocean warmth, supporting more consistent classification across a changing background climate. Sources: [NOAA Climate Prediction Center - Relative Oceanic Niño Index information circular](https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso/roni/pdf/roni-info-may-2026.pdf).

### A warmer background can compound some impacts

WMO says evidence does not establish that climate change makes El Niño more frequent or intrinsically stronger, while warmer oceans and air can amplify some heat and heavy-rainfall impacts. Sources: [World Meteorological Organization - WMO: Prepare for El Niño](https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/wmo-prepare-el-nino).

WMO also stresses that every El Niño differs according to strength, timing, duration, spatial evolution, and interaction with other climate modes. Its seasonal maps identify the most likely category, not a guaranteed local outcome. The relatively short interval after 2023-24 is worth monitoring, but it is not proof of a new ENSO cycle. Sources: [World Meteorological Organization - WMO: Prepare for El Niño](https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/wmo-prepare-el-nino); [World Meteorological Organization - Global Seasonal Climate Update for July-August-September 2026](https://wmo.int/media/update/global-seasonal-climate-update-july-august-september-2026).

## How GeoGridIQ should help during an El Niño year

A utility cannot stage a crew based on an ocean index alone. The useful work begins when seasonal context is narrowed in space and time: the latest local weather forecast, official alerts, vegetation and land-cover exposure, terrain, verified provider outage information, asset vulnerability, and customer consequence all need to be evaluated with timestamps and provenance intact.

GeoGridIQ's interface and data architecture are implemented to organize weather, vegetation, geospatial exposure, saved-location context, official alerts, and verified observed-outage layers where those sources are supported and fresh. Localized model probabilities are described here as a validation-stage workflow: a horizon should be presented as active only after temporal-leakage, feature-provenance, calibration, artifact-integrity, trust, and promotion gates all pass. El Niño is seasonal context, not a feature in GeoGridIQ's regional outage-model schema as audited on July 26, 2026, and GeoGridIQ does not forecast ENSO.

### Product-status note

As of July 26, 2026, GeoGridIQ's assessed Quebec 6-, 24-, 72-, and 168-hour machine-learning artifacts are unavailable pending retraining and renewed temporal validation. Previously generated values are retained for audit and are not current forecasts. British Columbia 24-hour evidence is last-known rather than freshly proven, and the other British Columbia horizons have no trusted production registry. This article therefore labels no 2026–27 horizon as a live trusted prediction. Weather, alerts, vegetation, geospatial, saved-location, and observed-outage context can remain useful independently of an unavailable model.

### Scale-translation workflow

1. Seasonal context
2. Local weather forecast and official alerts
3. Vegetation, terrain, and exposure
4. Grid vulnerability and consequence
5. Validated localized outage-risk probability
6. Human-reviewed operational action

### How the planned workflow will work after validation

1. Save or select the locations and operating regions that matter.
2. Review only prediction horizons explicitly marked trusted and available in the product.
3. Inspect the local drivers behind elevated risk, such as wind, precipitation, temperature, vegetation, terrain, or exposure.
4. Compare the estimate with Environment and Climate Change Canada alerts and verified observed-outage information.
5. Use elevated risk to prioritize inspection, readiness checks, materials, communications, and possible crew positioning - never as an automatic dispatch order.
6. Continue monitoring as forecasts and observations change; seasonal ENSO context never replaces short-range updates.

## How utilities and operations teams can prepare

The following is a planning framework, not a universal regulated operating procedure. Each utility, municipality, or emergency-management organization should adapt it to its own authorities, thresholds, safety rules, labour agreements, mutual-aid arrangements, and incident-command practices. GeoGridIQ should fit into those procedures as one decision-support input alongside official alerts and operator judgment.

### Seasonal readiness

- Review areas historically sensitive to wind, ice, wildfire, flooding, vegetation contact, or temperature-driven demand.
- Verify asset, vegetation, land-cover, terrain, critical-customer, and access-route data quality.
- Confirm mutual-aid, contractor, fuel, parts, communications, and backup-generation arrangements.
- Review thresholds for enhanced monitoring and incident escalation.
- Test how GeoGridIQ outputs would enter existing briefings rather than creating a parallel process.

### Several days ahead

- Monitor ECCC alerts, WeatherCAN, and local forecasts for the operating region.
- Review GeoGridIQ model risk only for horizons explicitly marked trusted and available.
- Prioritize inspections where a forecast hazard overlaps vegetation, terrain, vulnerable assets, or critical customers.
- Pre-stage crews and materials only when the organization's own procedures and decision authority support it.
- Check communications with critical facilities, contractors, and field teams.

### Hours ahead and during an event

- Use the freshest official alerts, warnings, forecasts, and nowcasts.
- Track verified outages and changing weather observations rather than relying on a static seasonal narrative.
- Reassess staging as forecast confidence, road access, and field observations change.
- Keep accountable human operational judgment in the loop.

## How households and communities can prepare

Public Safety Canada recommends being ready to care for your household for at least 72 hours during an outage. Preparation should account for children, older adults, pets, mobility or medical needs, and medicine that requires refrigeration. The practical goal is continuity and safety, not trying to forecast the exact event that will cause trouble. Sources: [Public Safety Canada - Power outages](https://www.canada.ca/en/services/policing/emergencies/preparedness/get-prepared/hazards-emergencies/power-outages.html); [Public Safety Canada - Power outages: Get prepared](https://www.canada.ca/en/services/policing/emergencies/preparedness/get-prepared/hazards-emergencies/power-outages/how-prepare.html).

- **Build a 72-hour kit:** Include water, food, light, radio, batteries, first aid, cash, and supplies tailored to your household. Sources: [Public Safety Canada - Power outages: Get prepared](https://www.canada.ca/en/services/policing/emergencies/preparedness/get-prepared/hazards-emergencies/power-outages/how-prepare.html).
- **Make a household plan:** Know how family members will communicate, meet, and support people or animals with additional needs. Sources: [Public Safety Canada - Power outages: Get prepared](https://www.canada.ca/en/services/policing/emergencies/preparedness/get-prepared/hazards-emergencies/power-outages/how-prepare.html).
- **Charge before severe weather:** Top up phones and battery banks, and keep safe battery-powered lighting ready. Sources: [Public Safety Canada - Power outages: Get prepared](https://www.canada.ca/en/services/policing/emergencies/preparedness/get-prepared/hazards-emergencies/power-outages/how-prepare.html).
- **Use official channels:** Monitor ECCC or WeatherCAN and your local utility; know how to report and track an outage. Sources: [Public Safety Canada - Power outages: Get prepared](https://www.canada.ca/en/services/policing/emergencies/preparedness/get-prepared/hazards-emergencies/power-outages/how-prepare.html).
- **Use generators safely:** Operate portable fuel-burning generators outdoors at least 6 metres (20 feet) from buildings and direct exhaust away from openings. Never use outdoor fuel-burning cooking equipment indoors or in an enclosed space. Sources: [Public Safety Canada - Power outages: Get prepared](https://www.canada.ca/en/services/policing/emergencies/preparedness/get-prepared/hazards-emergencies/power-outages/how-prepare.html).
- **Stay clear of power lines:** Do not touch power lines. Stay away from downed lines and report them to the appropriate local authority. Sources: [Public Safety Canada - Power outages: Get prepared](https://www.canada.ca/en/services/policing/emergencies/preparedness/get-prepared/hazards-emergencies/power-outages/how-prepare.html).

## What GeoGridIQ cannot tell you

- It cannot guarantee that an outage will or will not happen.
- Seasonal El Niño status alone is not a local outage forecast.
- Coverage and forecast confidence vary by region, provider, data freshness, and model status.
- Predictions are decision support and do not replace official weather warnings or utility operating procedures.
- A probability should be considered together with consequence, criticality, data quality, and local knowledge.
- GeoGridIQ is not a replacement for 911, ECCC, Public Safety Canada, or your local utility.

## The real value of a seasonal outlook is time

An El Niño outlook creates time to review vulnerabilities, watch the right regions, and prepare before individual storms appear. Its value is context, not certainty. GeoGridIQ's role is to help translate that broad seasonal warning into local risk awareness as fresh, trusted data and validated models become available.

That translation must remain honest: seasonal probabilities come from climate agencies; local alerts come from official weather services; outage observations come from covered providers; and GeoGridIQ's own model outputs must earn their operational labels horizon by horizon. Good preparedness depends on keeping those roles distinct.

## Frequently asked questions

### Does El Niño directly cause power outages?

No. El Niño changes broad seasonal weather probabilities. Outages occur when local hazards such as wind, ice, wildfire, flooding, or extreme demand interact with the electrical network and its surrounding environment.

### Will all of Canada experience severe weather because of El Niño?

No. El Niño effects vary by region and event. Seasonal outlooks describe changes in probability, not a guaranteed outcome for every province, city, or storm.

### Can a mild El Niño winter still produce damaging storms?

Yes. A season can average warmer than normal and still contain short periods of heavy snow, strong wind, freezing rain, or cold.

### How does GeoGridIQ use El Niño information?

El Niño provides seasonal context, while GeoGridIQ's architecture focuses on local, temporally valid weather, vegetation, exposure, official alerts, and verified outage data. ENSO is not a feature in the current audited regional outage-model schema.

### How far ahead can GeoGridIQ estimate outage risk?

GeoGridIQ is designed around 6-, 24-, 72-, and 168-hour forecast windows, but availability is region- and model-specific. A horizon is presented as a trusted machine-learning forecast only after its artifact, data provenance, temporal-leakage, calibration, and promotion gates pass. As of July 26, 2026, this article labels no 2026–27 horizon as live trusted output.

### Is GeoGridIQ a replacement for official weather alerts or utility outage maps?

No. Continue to follow Environment and Climate Change Canada and your local utility. GeoGridIQ is designed as an additional planning and risk-analysis layer.

## Sources and methodology

This article paraphrases primary public sources, keeps NOAA ENSO probabilities separate from GeoGridIQ product claims, and does not fetch external pages at runtime.

- [ENSO Diagnostic Discussion](https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_disc_jul2026/ensodisc.shtml) - NOAA Climate Prediction Center; published or updated 2026-07-09; reviewed 2026-07-26.
- [ENSO: Recent Evolution, Current Status and Predictions](https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/lanina/enso_evolution-status-fcsts-web.pdf) - NOAA Climate Prediction Center; published or updated 2026-07-20; reviewed 2026-07-26.
- [ENSO Probabilities (July 2026 forecast)](https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso/roni/probabilities/) - NOAA Climate Prediction Center; published or updated 2026-07; reviewed 2026-07-26.
- [ENSO Strength Probabilities (July 2026 forecast)](https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso/roni/strengths/) - NOAA Climate Prediction Center; published or updated 2026-07; reviewed 2026-07-26.
- [Relative Oceanic Niño Index historical table](https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso/roni/) - NOAA Climate Prediction Center; published or updated Updated monthly; reviewed 2026-07-26.
- [Relative Oceanic Niño Index information circular](https://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso/roni/pdf/roni-info-may-2026.pdf) - NOAA Climate Prediction Center; published or updated 2026-05; reviewed 2026-07-26.
- [WMO: Prepare for El Niño](https://wmo.int/news/media-centre/wmo-prepare-el-nino) - World Meteorological Organization; published or updated 2026-06-02; reviewed 2026-07-26.
- [Global Seasonal Climate Update for July-August-September 2026](https://wmo.int/media/update/global-seasonal-climate-update-july-august-september-2026) - World Meteorological Organization; published or updated 2026-07-03; reviewed 2026-07-26.
- [El Niño](https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/services/weather-general-tools-resources/el-nino.html) - Environment and Climate Change Canada; published or updated 2016-08-31; reviewed 2026-07-26.
- [Winter seasonal outlook and Canadian El Niño context](https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/news/2023/12/environment-and-climate-change-canada-presents-the-winter-seasonal-outlook.html) - Environment and Climate Change Canada; published or updated 2023-12-01; reviewed 2026-07-26.
- [Weather Impact Guides](https://www.canada.ca/en/services/environment/weather/severeweather/weather-alerts/weather-impact-guides.html) - Environment and Climate Change Canada; published or updated Page date not stated; reviewed 2026-07-26.
- [Power outages](https://www.canada.ca/en/services/policing/emergencies/preparedness/get-prepared/hazards-emergencies/power-outages.html) - Public Safety Canada; published or updated 2025-09-12; reviewed 2026-07-26.
- [Power outages: Get prepared](https://www.canada.ca/en/services/policing/emergencies/preparedness/get-prepared/hazards-emergencies/power-outages/how-prepare.html) - Public Safety Canada; published or updated 2026-03-12; reviewed 2026-07-26.

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