Fire rages on Vancouver Island in August. 2025 could be the worst year on record for wildfires. Photo by COLBY REX O'NEILL/AFP via Getty Images

Canadians are growing concerned that the country is increasingly unprepared for the next big natural disaster, with 58 per cent believing governments have not properly prepared communities, according to a recent survey by the Insurance Bureau of Canada.

“After years of escalating natural disasters and a lack of coordination between governments to build resilience, these survey results from Canadians are not surprising, but should serve as a much-needed wake-up call,” Celyeste Power, IBC’s chief executive, said in a release.

“As severe weather events increase in frequency and severity, Canadians expect all orders of government to work togethe

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