Framework for local governments to plan, implement, operate and monitor climate resilience hubs.

Resilience hubs are trusted community spaces that provide physical and social infrastructure needed to prevent, prepare for, respond to, and recover from climate impacts. Hubs can take many forms and serve communities of all sizes, from urban neighbourhoods to rural, northern, and remote communities. They provide a reliable anchor where communities can access essential services, resources, and support before, during, and after climate events. Depending on how they are planned, designed, sited, and governed, resilience hubs can also help advance equity, climate change mitigation, and other community co-benefits.

A Practical Guide to Bringing Resilience Hubs to Your Community provides local government staff and community partners with practical, equity-informed guidance for every stage of the resilience hub lifecycle, from early planning and partnership development to service design, implementation, activation, operations, monitoring, and evaluation.

• Overview of different climate resilience hub models available to meet diverse community needs;
• Step-by-step guidance covering project initiation, governance and goal setting, background research and risk assessment, planning and service co-design, and implementation and activation of resilience hubs;
• Checklists, indicators, and tools to monitor, assess, and track hub performance and support continuous improvement; and
• Case stories of a variety of hub models implemented across Canada sharing replicable examples and lessons learned.

Find the hub model and approach that fits your community’s needs.