Quebec has had costliest catastrophes Manitoba is No.2 for disaster relief - Winnipeg Free Press

Quebec has had costliest catastrophes Manitoba is No.2 for disaster relief - Winnipeg Free Press: "The federal fund set up to help provinces cope with large natural disasters has paid out almost $2 billion since it was established 40 years ago, and Manitoba will be calling on it again as the bills come in from the Assiniboine River basin this spring.

Of the provinces, Manitoba has drawn the second-most money from the fund, about $298 million, most of it a result of the 1997 Red River flood. Quebec, with the 1996 Saguenay flood and the 1998 ice storm, leads the way with about $854 million."