Here is every major flood in Quebec since 1928

The flooding of communities on or downstream from the Ottawa Riverisbreaking some historical records, but this isfar from the worst flooding Quebecers have experienced.

The water level onthe Lake of Two Mountains surpassed its all-time highon May 3.

As of May 12, 3,641people had been forced from their homes and 4,485residences had suffered flood damage in 187municipalities.

Of the 36 major Quebec floods tracked by theCanadian disaster database, it ranks fourth by number of people affected, after the floods of 1998, 1996 and 1974.

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This chart shows all the floods in the database for Quebec:

Major floods have been happening with more frequency across Canada.

The database showsthe number of floods tripledfrom the 1960s to the 1970s, peakingin the 1990s,with more than60 major floods across Canada in that decade.

In Quebec, therewas a major flood nearly every year in the 1990s.

Relive the significant floods of the past century in Quebecwith this timeline.The total cost of damagelisted hasbeen adjusted to 2011 dollars for events prior to 2010.