This year's Ottawa River flooding so far: The view in photos - Canada News Beep

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CBC reporters and videographers in the Ottawa-Gatineau region captured these scenes of local flooding over the past week.

Reporters, drones capture scenes of community shores under water

CBC News · Posted: Apr 23, 2026 6:00 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago

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A marina in Gatineau sits partly consumed by water. The Aylmer marina is partly consumed by water on April 22, 2026, in this drone footage taken by CBC. (Félix Desroches/CBC)

Rain and warmer temperatures in eastern Ontario and western Quebec have forced water levels along the Ottawa River and its tributaries to rise significantly in recent days.

It’s the fourth big spring flood along the river in the last nine years, with larger floods occurring in 2017, 2019 and 2023. Some areas experienced record peaks during the 2017 flood.

Over the past week, CBC Ottawa and Radio-Canada dispatched its reporters and videographers to capture some of the scenes resulting from the flooding.

In some cases, drones were deployed to give a larger sense of the flooding’s reach.

Here’s a selection of that imagery.

A blue single-storey building surrounded by low floodwaters on a spring day. A flooded area of rue Saint-Louis in Gatineau, Que., on April 19, 2026. (Frédéric Pepin/Radio-Canada) Several centimetres of water cover a city intersection on a sunny spring day. Rues Jacques-Cartier and Saint-Louis in Pointe-Gatineau on April 20, 2026. (Patrick Foucault/Radio-Canada) Low floodwaters cover a residential street on a spring day. There is a barricade in front of the flooded section. A section of boulevard Hurtubise east of downtown Gatineau, Que., on April 20, 2026 (Olivier Plante/Radio-Canada) Two people walking through knee-deep water, while two people are on a motor-boat. Residents in Gatineau wade through knee-deep water on April 21, 2026. (Jason Maclellan/CBC) Some homes are flooded in western Quebec. Some homes sit surrounded by water in Luskville, Que., on April 22, 2026. (Félix Desroches/CBC) A bridge connecting Ottawa and Gatineau, Que. Vehicles drive along the Chaudière Bridge on April 22, 2026, as the water underneath flows higher than usual. (Félix Desroches/CBC) Lifeguard seats sit surrounded by water. Lifeguard seats appear shorter than they are at Parc des Cèdres on April 22, 2026. (Félix Desroches/CBC) Homes in Crystal Bay, Ottawa. Water reaches into the backyard of a home in Ottawa’s Crystal Bay area on April 22, 2026. (Félix Desroches/CBC)