Seismic design tools for engineers

The 2015 National Building Code of Canada is currently in force in most provinces and territories (some regions continue to use the 2010 edition of the code). It is up to the designer to determine which version of the code is applicable in their jurisdiction.

National Building Code of Canada seismic hazard values

Ground motion parameters for use with the National Building Code of Canada

2015 edition	2015 National hazard maps Hazard values for very low probabilities (1 in 5000, 1 in 10,000 years) Open Files Open File 7576: Fifth Generation Seismic Hazard Model Input Files as Proposed to Produce Values for the 2015 National Building Code of Canada Open File 7724: Seismic Hazard Earthquake Epicentre File (SHEEF2010) used in the Fifth Generation Seismic Hazard Maps of Canada Open File 7893: Fifth Generation Seismic Hazard Model for Canada: Grid values of mean hazard to be used with the 2015 National Building Code of Canada Open File 8090: Fifth generation seismic hazard model for Canada: crustal, in-slab, and interface hazard values for southwestern Canada
2010 edition	2010 National hazard maps Open Files Open File 6208: Seismic Hazard Earthquake Epicentre File (SHEEF) used in the fourth generation seismic hazard maps of Canada
2005 edition	2005 National hazard maps Open Files Open File 4459: Fourth generation seismic hazard maps of Canada: values for over 650 Canadian localities intended for the 2005 National Building Code of Canada Open File 5813: Fourth generation seismic hazard maps of Canada: Maps and grid values to be used with the 2005 National Building Code of Canada Open File 6208: Seismic Hazard Earthquake Epicentre File (SHEEF) used in the fourth generation seismic hazard maps of Canada
1995 edition	1995 National hazard maps Open Files Open File 82-33: New Probabilistic Strong Seismic Ground Motion map of Canada: a Compilation of Earthquake Source Zones, Methods and Results Open File 8294: Third Generation seismic hazard model for Canada: grid values of hazard used with the 1985, 1990, and 1995 National Building Codes of Canada.

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Date modified:: 2019-03-01