North River at the Falls water level

Name: North River at the Falls water level (Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada)
Creator: Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada
License: https://open.canada.ca/en/open-government-licence-canada

River gauge, North River, Ontario, Canada

Directions

Normal for mid-October

Water level

0.80m Down 0.02 m over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 18, 2026, 01:45 PM EDT (53 min ago)

Flow: 1.33 m³/s

History

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Water level Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

The North River at the Falls is at 0.80 m, in the normal range for mid-October.

The median for mid-October is 0.82 m, based on 20 years of readings, so the water level is 0.01 m below typical.

It has dropped 0.02 m over the past 24 hours. In the last month it has stayed between 0.75 m and 0.82 m.

Fall is often low-water season on rivers, until steadier rain returns.

Compared with 20 years of daily readings for this time of year. How to read levels

Key numbers

Median for this date: 0.82 m0.01 m below the median for this date
Normal for this date: 0.76 m – 1.00 m8 years in 10 fall in this range (20 years of records)
Lowest and highest in 30 days: 0.75 m – 0.82 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 0.75 m – 0.82 m

On the river

Outside the spring freshet, most rivers settle into a gentler pattern, broken by storms.

Flood advisories come from the provincial river forecast centre.

About the North River

Text and image from Wikipedia and Wikimedia Commons, licensed under CC BY-SA.

Weather at the gauge

Rain in the last 3 days: 11 mm. Rain that falls upstream can take hours or days to show up at a river gauge.

17 Sat 7° 0° – Wind 16 km/h

18 Sun 15° 2° – Wind 21 km/h

19 Mon 16° 4° – Wind 13 km/h

20 Tue 16° 6° – Wind 11 km/h

21 Wed 15° 3° – Wind 8 km/h

22 Thu 17° 5° – Wind 8 km/h

23 Fri 15° 5° – Wind 10 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 07:38 AM Sunset 06:30 PM Daylight 10 hr, 52 min First quarter 52%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Coldwater River at ColdwaterRiver gauge, Coldwater River	1.19 m	Low	−0.03 m	8.5 km
Hogg Creek near Victoria HarbourRiver gauge, Hogg Creek	0.51 m	Normal	−0.02 m	17 km
Silver Creek at OrilliaRiver gauge, Silver Creek	7.05 m	Very low	±0	17 km
Severn River near Mill IslandRiver gauge, Severn River	6.89 m	Normal	±0	20 km
Severn River above Wasdell FallsRiver gauge, Severn River	7.13 m	Normal	±0	22 km
Black River near WashagoRiver gauge, Black River	7.40 m	Normal	±0	24 km
Bala Bay at BalaRiver gauge, Bala Bay	225.19 m	Normal	±0	27 km
Wye River near WyevaleRiver gauge, Wye River	1.12 m	Low	−0.02 m	29 km

Questions and answers

What is a normal level for the North River at the Falls in mid-October?

The median for mid-October is 0.82 m. In 8 years out of 10 the reading falls between 0.76 m and 1.00 m, based on 20 years of records.

Is the river level the same as the depth of the water?

No. The reading is measured from a fixed zero mark at the gauge, so 0.80 m on the gauge does not mean the water is that deep.

What is the water level of North River at the Falls today?

On Oct 18, 2026, 01:45 PM EDT, the water level was 0.80 m. Down 0.02 m over the last 24 hours.

Is North River at the Falls rising or falling?

Down 0.02 m over the last 24 hours. Up 0.03 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of North River at the Falls normal?

Normal for mid-October. Compared with 20 years of daily readings for this time of year.

How often is this data updated?

Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada publishes a new reading every hour. This page refreshes within minutes of each update.

Where does this data come from?

The values come directly from Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada, the official operator of this gauge, and are published under the Open Government Licence – Canada. We do not estimate or model live values.

For specialists

Station codes, datum, parameters, data quality and downloads

Operator: Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada
Station code: eccc:02ED024 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 44.76767, -79.57828 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: station datum (assumed datum)
Update interval: every hour
Licence: Open Government Licence – Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada

Published series

Parameter	Last value	Time (UTC)	Quality
Water level	0.80 m	2026-10-18 17:45	Provisional
Flow	1.33 m³/s	2026-10-18 17:45	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: North River at the Falls (eccc:02ED024). Accessed October 18, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/ontario/north-river-at-the-falls

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Each reading is stored as published. We hold back values that jump faster than physically plausible and show the measurement time with every value.

Readings are provisional, can be delayed or wrong and are not a flood warning. Read the disclaimer