Hazard risk in Britannia Youngstown is lower than in 98% of Canadian towns
The national fire record shows next to nothing around Britannia Youngstown, 0% of the land within 25 km since 1986 (0.000% a year). Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.013 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). In Health Canada’s survey, just 1.4% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). Britannia Youngstown grades A+ for hazard risk, with wildfire counted against it.
What stands out about Britannia Youngstown’s hazards
Four national sources, each read for Britannia Youngstown: earthquakes, radon, past fires and flood studies.
What Britannia Youngstown faces
Each hazard against its own yardstick; meters run from low to high on that yardstick.
Wildfire
Earthquakes
Radon
Flood study
Britannia Youngstown grades A+ for hazard risk
Seismic risk and radon set Britannia Youngstown’s grade, wildfire can drag it down, and flood mapping stays out of it.
Its place: #11 of 474 in Alberta and #22 of 2,589 Canadian towns.
How sure: The seismic figure is a long-run average from NRCan’s model, not a prediction. The radon share rests on 73 home tests in the survey area, so a few homes move it. Small fires and grass fires are largely missing from the national burned-area record.
Wildfire is rare near Britannia Youngstown: 0% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986, 0% within 5 km
Past fire around Britannia Youngstown’s homes, from the national burned-area record, with the fuel within 5 km.
Fire claims 0.000% of the land around Britannia Youngstown each year, a low band, with the typical Canadian town at 0.000%.
Forest makes up 0.1% of the land within 5 km of Britannia Youngstown and 0.5% within 25 km, little for a forest fire to run through.
Shares of land within 5 and 25 km of populated blocks: burned at least once in 1986–2025 (CWFIS burned-area composite), forest fuel and grass (fire behaviour fuel types, 2026, 250 m grid).
Burn rate a year, towns in Alberta · highest of 478
To three decimals the burn rate around Britannia Youngstown is zero, as for 386 of the 478 towns in Alberta, while Wainwright reaches 1.43%.
Each bar: the yearly average share of land within 25 km of a town’s homes that burned, 1986–2025 (CWFIS); the seven highest towns of 2,500 people or more.
Most of the country’s 2,610 towns are low-band (92%, against 7.5% above); around Britannia Youngstown, burning rounds to zero.
Bands of the yearly burn rate: low under 0.05%, moderate under 0.25%, high under 1%, very high 1% or more; towns of 2,500 people or more.
Fire danger and active fires (CWFIS)
Canadian Wildland Fire Information System: National Burned Area Composite 1986–2025 and fire behaviour fuel types (2026), Natural Resources Canada. Measured within 25 km and 5 km of each populated dissemination area; past fire, not a forecast.
The flood map inventory lists nothing for Britannia Youngstown
What Canada’s Flood Map Inventory lists for Britannia Youngstown: who studied flooding and where to see their maps.
The inventory has nothing for Britannia Youngstown, but a local or conservation-authority map may still exist.
Towns with a flood study on file
Britannia Youngstown has no flood study on file; only 46% of towns in Alberta do, against 58% across Canada.
NRCan Canada Flood Map Inventory: a study footprint touching the town’s boundary; towns of 2,500 people or more.
The grade leaves flood out, since a study area says nothing about how many of Britannia Youngstown’s homes are at risk.
The inventory’s own caution (NRCan): “The Canada Flood Map (CFM) does not include every flood hazard map in Canada and may be incomplete or contain inaccuracies. It should not be relied upon as the official source of flood mapping information. Furthermore, if a map appears to be missing, this does not necessarily mean that the area has never been mapped. For the official version of a map, updated information, or confirmation of applicable regulations, please contact the local authority responsible for flood mapping.”
Earthquakes cost buildings in Britannia Youngstown just $0.013 per $1,000 a year
Expected yearly building losses from earthquakes, from Natural Resources Canada’s model.
At $0.013 per $1,000, Britannia Youngstown carries 0.4 times the typical Canadian town’s earthquake risk ($0.030): low.
Shaking damage a year per $1,000 of building value
Britannia Youngstown’s $0.013 is close to the median in Alberta, $0.013; Black Diamond is highest at $0.048.
NRCan seismic risk model (2022): mean yearly building loss per $1,000 of value; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
Most of Canada’s 2,611 towns (75%) face more earthquake damage than Britannia Youngstown.
Each column: the share of Canada’s towns of 2,500 people or more in that range of yearly loss per $1,000 (NRCan, 2022).
The loss is to Britannia Youngstown’s buildings alone, from ground shaking; infrastructure and secondary hazards are left out.
Natural Resources Canada, Canada’s Seismic Risk Model (2022), by census subdivision (2016 boundaries; a few 2021 subdivisions take their residents’ mean). · Earthquake risk: one figure for all of the city of Edmonton
1.4% of homes tested around Britannia Youngstown are over the radon guideline
Long-term radon tests in homes across the survey area, against Health Canada’s guideline.
Britannia Youngstown’s survey area reads 1.4% over the guideline, under the typical Canadian town’s 6.6%.
Tested homes over 200 Bq/m³
Over 600 Bq/m³
The median in Alberta is 7.5% over 200 Bq/m³; around Britannia Youngstown it is 1.4%.
Health Canada radon survey (2009–2011), by 2007 health region; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
Under 5% puts Britannia Youngstown with 37% of Canada’s 2,611 towns; 63% have more high tests.
Each bar: the share of Canada’s towns of 2,500 people or more whose survey area had that share of tests over 200 Bq/m³.
One home in Britannia Youngstown can be high while next door is low; a three-month test settles it.
Health Canada, Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes (2009–2011). · Radon tests: the Capital Health
Weather and fire alerts for Britannia Youngstown
Environment and Climate Change Canada issues the weather alerts for Britannia Youngstown; Alert Ready carries the urgent ones to phones, radio and TV.
| Alert | What it means |
|---|---|
| Warning | Severe weather is happening or about to: act now. |
| Watch | Conditions favour severe weather: be ready. |
| Advisory | Weather that is less severe but could disrupt the day. |
| Special weather statement | Unusual weather worth knowing about. |
| Special air quality statement | Poor air, often wildfire smoke. |
For fires near Britannia Youngstown, the national fire information system maps danger and active fires daily; local authorities give any evacuation order.
Weather alerts (ECCC) · Alert Ready · Fire danger and active fires (CWFIS)
How Britannia Youngstown’s neighbours compare on hazards
Wildfire band, earthquake risk, radon and flood studies for each place nearby.
| Town | Wildfire | Quake $/1,000 | Radon | Flood study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Britannia Youngstown | Low | $0.013 | 1.4% | None listed |
| Glenwood 4,842 · 1.0 km | Low | $0.013 | 1.4% | None listed |
| Canora 4,799 · 1.1 km | Low | $0.013 | 1.4% | None listed |
| West Jasper Place 3,427 · 1.3 km | Low | $0.013 | 1.4% | None listed |
| Meadowlark Park 2,671 · 2.3 km | Low | $0.013 | 1.4% | None listed |
| West Meadowlark Park 5,386 · 2.4 km | Low | $0.013 | 1.4% | None listed |
| Westview Village 6,590 · 2.5 km | Low | $0.013 | 1.4% | None listed |
None of the places around has more fire nearby than Britannia Youngstown (low); Glenwood comes closest (low).
Radon is the survey area’s figure, so neighbours in one area share it.
Get ready for what Britannia Youngstown faces
Practical steps for Britannia Youngstown’s hazards, most pressing first.
- Test for three months in winter.
- Over 200 Bq/m³: fix it.
- Kits are cheap; pros test too.
- Never drive through floodwater.
- Move papers and medicines upstairs.
- Ask whether your street is mapped.
- Clear needles and wood nearby.
- Keep a grab-and-go bag ready.
- In smoke, stay in; filter air.
- Has it had a radon test?
- Ask the municipality for flood maps.
- Are flood and wildfire insured?
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Wildfire counts one way. Wildfire is read from the national burned-area record around Britannia Youngstown’s homes since 1986, a history of fire that may lower Risk but never raises it.
- Radon is a survey. Radon figures pool the survey’s home tests by area: postal areas once their boundaries arrive, the 2007 health region around Britannia Youngstown until then.
- Earthquakes are modelled. NRCan models what earthquakes would cost buildings each year on average, subdivision by subdivision; Britannia Youngstown’s figure is its subdivision’s.
- Flood studies aren’t flood zones. Flood studies cover areas of every size, which is why the page lists them for Britannia Youngstown without grading them.
Questions about flooding and hazards in Britannia Youngstown
How is Britannia Youngstown’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
Britannia Youngstown grades A+ for hazard risk, from earthquakes and radon, with wildfire counted only where it lowers the grade.
How big is the earthquake risk in Britannia Youngstown?
In NRCan’s seismic model, Britannia Youngstown’s buildings lose $0.013 per $1,000 of value in an average year.
Is Britannia Youngstown at risk of wildfire?
Hardly at all on record: 0% of the land within 25 km of Britannia Youngstown since 1986, a low band, though small grass fires aren’t mapped.
Does Britannia Youngstown flood?
No study on Canada’s Flood Map Inventory covers Britannia Youngstown (0), which doesn’t mean it has never been mapped, so ask the municipality.
Is radon a problem in Britannia Youngstown?
1.4% of the 73 homes Health Canada tested around Britannia Youngstown topped the guideline; your own house needs its own test.
Seismic risk: Natural Resources Canada. Radon: Health Canada. Wildfire: Canadian Wildland Fire Information System. Flood studies: Natural Resources Canada, Canada Flood Map Inventory. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
Sources: NRCan, Canada’s Seismic Risk Model 2022 · Health Canada, Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes · CWFIS, National Burned Area Composite and FBP fuel types · NRCan, Canada Flood Map Inventory. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).