HydroCAN
Canadian inland watershed with a hydrometric monitoring station beside a winding river, boreal forest, and distant mountains.

Access Canada’s water data with ease.

Retrieve, explore, and analyze hydrometric information from rivers and watersheds across Canada.

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Find and retrieve Canadian hydrometric records.

HydroCAN brings Water Survey of Canada and ECCC records into one desktop workspace. Find a station, review its history, and keep the source information with your export.

WSC + ECCC

Stations in view

Search nationally, then narrow by province, status, or real-time availability.

Online + local

Ways to retrieve

Start online with GeoMet or add the HYDAT archive for fast local history.

CSV + JSON

Traceable record

Units, quality flags, provisional status, and attribution stay attached.

Workflow

From station search to documented export.

Map first. Inspect the station. Retrieve what matters. Export a record another person can verify.

  1. 01

    Locate

    Clustered national map, province filters, and station search.

  2. 02

    Inspect

    Coverage dates, identifiers, status, and watershed context.

  3. 03

    Retrieve

    Daily means, annual peaks, statistics, discharge, and water level.

  4. 04

    Export

    CSV plus a JSON sidecar with source, checksum, and app version.

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HydroCAN for Windows

Free to use. No account. WebView2 and internet are needed for the first catalogue sync.

Download the Windows installer

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A note before installing: this release is not code-signed, so Windows may show “Unknown publisher.” From this site, choose More info → Run anyway.

Technical notes

Release, licence, and operational details.

Release 1.0.8Current Windows build
  • Watershed boundary search and batch retrieval
  • Recent hourly and daily chart modes
  • OpenFreeMap vector basemap in light and dark modes
  • Curved chart series and clearer hover details
  • Improved retrieval panel layout
  • Production map loading fixed in installed builds
Licensing & sourcesOpen application, attributed data

HydroCAN is available under the Apache License 2.0. Hydrometric and climate data remain under the Open Government Licence - Canada and applicable ECCC data-server terms. Basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Known limitationsRead before production use

PlatformWindows 10/11 x64 only; this public build is not Authenticode-signed.

NetworkFirst launch needs internet. OpenStreetMap tiles are not available offline.

RecordsReal-time observations are provisional. HYDAT remains an optional local install.

Local dataNo telemetry. Cache: %APPDATA%\ca.hydrocan.desktop\

HydroCAN is not affiliated with or endorsed by Environment and Climate Change Canada, the Water Survey of Canada, or Natural Resources Canada.