Canadian Preppers Network

A real preparedness group is built through shared work, not shared opinions.

Most people do not build a preparedness circle too early. They build it too late.

They wait until the outage has already started, the roads are already bad, the evacuation notice has already been issued, the shelves are already thin, or the neighbour is already knocking at the d...

Improvised wilderness shelter for staying alive, staying mobile, and getting through one more night

A bug out rarely happens the way people picture it.

In the comfortable version, the vehicle is packed, the fuel tank is full, the roads are open, and the family rolls straight to a cabin, retreat, campground, or rural property. Everyone arrives tired but intact, wi...

Flooding in Montréal, wildfire evacuations in B.C., tornado warnings across Canada, war pressure on fuel routes, and civil defence systems under strain.

This week’s roundup is a reminder that preparedness rarely comes from one big, cinematic disaster. More often, it arrives as a cluster of smaller pressure points: flooded streets in one city, wildfire evacuations in anothe...

The trade that solves one problem can create three more

Barter sounds simple when people talk about collapse planning.

You have something useful. Someone else has something useful. The two of you make a trade. No banks, no cash, no online payment systems, no supply chain, no problem.

That is the fantasy version.

The real version is dirtier.

Before you run to the creek, know which questionable water sources are worth saving, which are only good for sanitation, and which should be left alone.

When people think about emergency water, they usually picture clear streams, hand pumps, rain barrels, or cases of bottled water stacked in the basement. That is the clean version of preparedness. It is useful, but it is also...