Understand your strengths. Identify gaps. Build a more resilient future.
Wildfire, flooding, a mill closure or a highway cut off for weeks can test any community. This free self-assessment from O’Leary & Associates helps you see where your community is well prepared and where planning could go further.
27 questions · 9 pillars of community resilience · About 8 minutes
Resilience is more than emergency response. It is a community’s ability to prepare for, adapt to and recover from shocks — economic, environmental and social — while continuing to build long-term well-being. It depends on a diverse economy, sound finances, a strong workforce, reliable infrastructure, good governance and lasting partnerships.
The self-assessment gives you a structured way to look across all of these at once, so you can see your strengths, spot gaps and decide where planning will make the biggest difference.
Municipalities and regional districts reviewing readiness across plans, services and partnerships.
First Nations governments and organizations looking at community preparedness and priorities.
Economic development organizations, Community Futures offices and chambers of commerce.
Staff and partners responsible for emergency planning, response and recovery.
Non-profits and agencies that support residents, local business and community well-being.

Economy · Fiscal · Workforce · Infrastructure · Climate · Emergency · Social · Governance · Reconciliation
Each question asks how far along your community is, from “Not started” to “In action and tracked.” Not sure? Say so. It won’t lower your score, and it helps show where knowledge is missing.
Your Community Resilience Scorecard
When you finish, you’ll see a scorecard showing where your community is strong and where the gaps are, pillar by pillar. Download it to share with your council, board or team and use it to guide conversations, planning and priorities.
Items marked EDMA reflect local authority requirements under BC’s Emergency and Disaster Management Act. The assessment is not a compliance review. This short version covers 27 of the 59 items in O&A’s full Community Resiliency Audit Framework, so results are indicative.
People in the same community often see things differently. Invite council members, staff, local organizations and partners to take the assessment too. Responses from the same community are combined anonymously, giving you a fuller picture and a strong starting point for conversation.
Strategies grounded in local strengths and priorities.
Meaningful conversations with residents and partners.
Planning to prepare for and recover from disruption.
Ready to turn your results into practical next steps? We’d be glad to talk it through.
It’s free, takes about eight minutes and gives you a clear picture of where to focus next.
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