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Credit River water level

Live readings from 2 gauges on the Credit River, fetched from Water Survey of Canada's open data each time this page loads. The page also gives a 30-day chart, the typical level and flow for each month, and the usual date of the spring peak.

Streetsville 02HB029

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Reading the latest value from Water Survey of Canada…

Shaded band: the middle half of the month's daily means in the agency's archive.

Live readings are provisional: the agency publishes them before checking them and can revise them. CanoeMap shows the agency's numbers as published. See this gauge at the agency

Latest value at each gauge

GaugeLevelFlowLatest reading
Streetsville 02HB029………
Norval 02HB025………

Typical level and flow by month

Streetsville 02HB029

Flow is typically highest in April (13.1 m³/s) and lowest in September (3.78 m³/s). Level is typically highest in March (4.68 m) and lowest in September (4.42 m).

MonthTypical flow (m³/s)Middle half of daysTypical level (m)Middle half of days
January5.804.90 – 9.464.634.53 – 4.80
February6.134.60 – 8.924.654.55 – 4.85
March12.07.67 – 18.14.684.57 – 4.81
April13.19.63 – 20.94.664.61 – 4.77
May8.826.46 – 13.04.584.52 – 4.66
June6.274.47 – 8.854.494.45 – 4.56
July4.753.49 – 6.534.464.41 – 4.52
August4.363.29 – 5.804.444.40 – 4.50
September3.783.01 – 5.264.424.39 – 4.46
October4.663.38 – 6.114.444.40 – 4.48
November5.394.27 – 6.994.464.43 – 4.53
December6.004.74 – 8.324.524.47 – 4.64

Flow: median of daily means, 19 complete years from 2007 to 2025. Level: median of daily means, 9 complete years from 2016 to 2025.

Norval 02HB025

Flow is typically highest in April (10.8 m³/s) and lowest in September (3.18 m³/s). Level is typically highest in April (2.81 m) and lowest in September (2.58 m).

MonthTypical flow (m³/s)Middle half of daysTypical level (m)Middle half of days
January4.843.91 – 7.542.722.65 – 2.81
February5.483.93 – 7.682.712.65 – 2.78
March8.966.29 – 13.72.792.71 – 2.89
April10.87.93 – 16.32.812.76 – 2.91
May7.745.60 – 11.02.732.69 – 2.83
June5.263.93 – 7.132.652.61 – 2.71
July3.822.98 – 5.062.612.58 – 2.66
August3.342.67 – 4.282.602.56 – 2.63
September3.182.68 – 3.942.582.56 – 2.61
October3.522.93 – 4.882.592.57 – 2.63
November4.603.50 – 5.842.622.58 – 2.68
December4.803.79 – 6.762.642.60 – 2.72

Flow: median of daily means, 30 complete years from 1996 to 2025. Level: median of daily means, 10 complete years from 2016 to 2025.

When does the spring peak come?

Computed from the agency's published daily means: for each year, the highest day between March 1 and July 31.

Streetsville (02HB029): over 19 complete years from 2007 to 2025, the highest daily flow between March and July came around April 3 (the median date). In 9 of those 19 years it came between March 25 and April 30. The median peak was 62.5 m³/s; the highest in the period, 112 m³/s, came on April 3, 2025.

Norval (02HB025): over 30 complete years from 1996 to 2025, the highest daily flow between March and July came around April 2 (the median date). In 15 of those 30 years it came between March 17 and April 12. The median peak was 43.1 m³/s; the highest in the period, 77.6 m³/s, came on April 3, 2025.

About the gauges

Streetsville

Station number
02HB029
Official name
CREDIT RIVER AT STREETSVILLE
Agency
Water Survey of Canada
Drainage area
775 km²
Level datum
ASSUMED DATUM

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Norval

Station number
02HB025
Official name
CREDIT RIVER AT NORVAL
Agency
Water Survey of Canada
Operator
Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources
Drainage area
643 km²
Level datum
ASSUMED DATUM

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Questions

What is the Credit River water level today?

The reading at the top of this page comes from Water Survey of Canada each time the page loads, for gauge 02HB029 (Streetsville). The table of typical values shows whether the reading is high or low for the season.

When does the Credit River peak in spring?

Streetsville (02HB029): over 19 complete years from 2007 to 2025, the highest daily flow between March and July came around April 3 (the median date). In 9 of those 19 years it came between March 25 and April 30. The median peak was 62.5 m³/s; the highest in the period, 112 m³/s, came on April 3, 2025.

Data source: Environment and Climate Change Canada (real-time readings and the HYDAT archive), end-use licence. CanoeMap computes the typical values and the peak dates from those archives.