Portage Diversion near Portage La Prairie water level

Name: Portage Diversion near Portage La Prairie 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

Canal gauge, Portage Diversion, Manitoba, Canada

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Surface elevation

259.98m Steady over the last 24 hours

Measured Oct 20, 2026, 03:05 PM CDT (1 hour ago)

Flow: 0.00 m³/s

History

7 days 30 days

Surface elevation Normal range (10–90 %)

What this means

The latest canal level reported for Portage Diversion near Portage La Prairie is 259.98 m. The agency publishes no normal range or warning level for this canal yet, so there is nothing to judge the number against.

The level has held steady over the past 24 hours. Over the past 30 days it has moved between 259.98 m and 260.12 m.

Over the past seven days the change adds up to −0.02 m.

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only. How to read levels

Key numbers

Lowest and highest in 30 days: 259.98 m – 260.12 m
Lowest and highest in 12 months: 259.98 m – 260.12 m

Weather at the gauge

No rain in the last 3 days.

20 Tue 19° 2° – Wind 16 km/h

21 Wed 13° 1° – Wind 11 km/h

22 Thu 22° 3° – Wind 25 km/h

23 Fri 21° 13° 3.1 mm, 36% Wind 30 km/h

24 Sat 18° 5° – Wind 44 km/h

25 Sun 5° 0° – Wind 34 km/h

26 Mon 5° -1° – Wind 12 km/h

Forecast: Open-Meteo

Sunrise 08:04 AM Sunset 06:34 PM Daylight 10 hr, 30 min Waxing gibbous 71%

Map

Nearby gauges

Gauge	Level	Compared with normal	24 hours	Distance
Portage Reservoir near Portage La PrairieReservoir, Portage Reservoir	262.32 m	High	±0	3.9 km
Rat Creek near MacdonaldRiver gauge, Rat Creek	7.15 m	High	−0.14 m	6.7 km
Assiniboine River near Portage La PrairieRiver gauge, Assiniboine River	255.19 m	Normal	+0.03 m	8.2 km
Whitemud River at WestbourneRiver gauge, Whitemud River	0.52 m	High	±0	24 km
Elm Creek Channel near Elm CreekRiver gauge, Elm Creek Channel	99.92 m	Very high	+0.02 m	33 km
Lake Manitoba near WestbourneLake, Lake Manitoba	247.62 m	High	−0.04 m	35 km
Assiniboine River at Baie St. PaulRiver gauge, Assiniboine River	240.14 m	High	+0.01 m	45 km
La Salle River near ElieRiver gauge, La Salle River	237.45 m	Very low	−0.01 m	45 km

Questions and answers

Is Portage Diversion near Portage La Prairie really 259.98 m deep?

No. 259.98 m is the height of the water surface above sea level (or the agency's vertical datum), not the depth of the water.

What is the water level of Portage Diversion near Portage La Prairie today?

On Oct 20, 2026, 03:05 PM CDT, the surface elevation was 259.98 m. Steady over the last 24 hours.

Is Portage Diversion near Portage La Prairie rising or falling?

Steady over the last 24 hours. Down 0.02 m over the last 7 days.

Is the level of Portage Diversion near Portage La Prairie normal?

The agency publishes no normal range for this gauge yet, so we show the trend only.

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:05LL019 (Agency page)
Coordinates: 49.96556, -98.38028 (WGS84)
Vertical datum: PORTAGE DIVERSION 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
Surface elevation	259.98 m	2026-10-20 20:05	Provisional
Flow	0.00 m³/s	2026-10-20 20:05	Provisional

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Environment and Climate Change Canada – Water Survey of Canada: Portage Diversion near Portage La Prairie (eccc:05LL019). Accessed October 20, 2026 via Nivelmap, https://nivelmap.com/en/canada/manitoba/portage-diversion-near-portage-la-prairie

How we check values

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