This chapter outlines the history of natural hazards within the watershed, including those regulated by CVC—such as riverine flooding and erosion, Lake Ontario shoreline flooding and erosion, dynamic beaches and unstable soils—as well as unregulated hazards like urban flooding, wind and ice damage, and fire. It also describes CVC’s role in monitoring, managing, and regulating these various types of hazards.
This chapter focuses on anthropogenic land uses such as agriculture, urban land use, aggregates, roads and rails, and landfills, and the impacts they have on natural hazards, water resource and natural heritage systems in the watershed.
This chapter is part of a two-part series that discusses land cover and land use in the watershed. This chapter focuses on natural and semi-natural cover with discussions on how it has changed over time, and how it compares to watershed-scale targets.
This chapter provides an overview of the watershed’s physiography, soils, geology, and hydrogeology, focusing on their relevance to the availability of groundwater as a potable water supply for watershed residents, and as a resource to support healthy ecosystems.
This chapter provides an overview of the current climate conditions, the changes observed in air temperature and precipitation, and the environmental and social impacts of climate change in the watershed.
This chapter examines the history, composition, and use of public greenspace in the Credit River Watershed. It also summarizes pressures on these natural spaces.
This chapter examines how the people who live in the watershed influence watershed conservation, and make land and water management decisions. This includes a discussion about factors that influence and drive the many conservation and stewardship activities we see on private and public lands throughout the watershed.
This chapter summarizes demographic characteristics today, and how they have changed over time. It includes information on population, age distribution, property ownership, ethnic diversity and immigration.
This chapter describes watershed planning process and phases, with a link to policy context and the roles of CVC and partner municipalities in watershed management.
Credit Valley Conservation’s 2024 Annual Report highlights key accomplishments and features stories of our work to show how we are delivering on our Strategic Plan.
Land inventory map and data created in compliance with the Conservation Authority Act.
Summary of Key Findings by Consultation Activity
In 2022, Credit Valley Conservation (“CVC”) and Toronto and Region Conservation Authority (“TRCA”) completed a screening process in partnership with City of Mississauga which identified locations for potential future SNAP projects through consideration of known vulnerabilities in the environment and built form, infrastructure renewal priorities, watershed management and green infrastructure priorities, greenhouse gas reduction priorities, and socio-economic priorities.
The Cooksville Sustainable Neighbourhood Action Plan (SNAP) is an intersectoral, community-centred collaboration focused on the vibrant and beloved neighbourhood of Cooksville in Mississauga, Ontario. The plan aims to catalyze movement to support this priority neighbourhood and its natural areas through locally tailored actions fostering a greener, healthier and climate-resilient community.
To inform the CVC Board of Directors of the status of cost recovery for CVC’s plan review and regulation programs, and to seek approval of CVC’s 2025 plan review and permit fee schedules.
This document contains an update to the Board of Directors of CVC on the implementation of the Planning and Development Services Customer Service and Streamlining Action Plan.
This plan outlines the inventory of all water and erosion control infrastructure owned and operated by CVC, an asset management strategy that outlines maintenance, rehabilitation and restoration for structures and prioritizing allocation of funds based on risk exposure, level of service provided by these structures to ensure they are performing as designed, a high-level financial strategy that details the approach to securing funding for the operation and maintenance of these structures.
CVC’s Water and Erosion Control Infrastructure Operational Plan includes the purpose of the structure, the required operations to meet the design targets, maintenance procedures to keep the structure in good working order and the required surveillance for safe operation of the structure.
CVC’s Ice Management Plan identifies how ice along Credit River may increase the risk of flooding, the roles and responsibilities of CVC
and the key steps for responding to ice jam events, including ice monitoring and communication strategies
CVC’s Watershed-based Resource Management Strategy aligns with and builds upon our Strategic Plan (2023-2027) and forthcoming Watershed Plan, which serve as key documents that guide the organization’s work. Per regulation, the Strategy includes guiding principles and objectives that inform the design of our programs and services, a summary of information that CVC relies on to directly inform and support program and service delivery, and the identification of issues and risks which may limit effective delivery of Category 1 programs and services, including actions to address such risks.