Earthquakes are Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot’s biggest hazard: $0.49 of damage a year per $1,000 of buildings, 16 times the norm
Some 2.2% of the land within 25 km of Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot has burned since 1986; at 0.06% a year that is moderate, not high. In Health Canada’s survey, just 0.9% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot grades B− for hazard risk, with wildfire counted against it.
What stands out about Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot’s hazards
Four national sources, each read for Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot: earthquakes, radon, past fires and flood studies.
What Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot faces
Each hazard against its own yardstick; meters run from low to high on that yardstick.
Wildfire
Earthquakes
Radon
Flood study
Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot grades B− for hazard risk
Seismic risk and radon set Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot’s grade, wildfire can drag it down, and flood mapping stays out of it.
Its place: #121 of 254 in British Columbia and #1,635 of 2,589 Canadian towns.
How sure: The seismic figure is a long-run average from NRCan’s model, not a prediction. Small fires and grass fires are largely missing from the national burned-area record.
A moderate wildfire record for Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot: 2.2% within 25 km burned, 0.1% within 5 km
Past fire around Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot’s homes, from the national burned-area record, with the fuel within 5 km.
At 0.06% of the land a year, Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot’s burn rate is moderate; the typical Canadian town sees 0.000%.
Within 5 km of Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot, 60% of the land is forest fuel; widen the ring to 25 km and it is 77%.
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 British Columbia · highest of 255
Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot burns at 0.06% a year, 67th of 255 towns in British Columbia; the leader, Oliver, reaches 0.98%.
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.
Moderate puts Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot above most of Canada’s 2,610 towns, yet 2.1% rank high or very high and 5.4% share its band.
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.
A flood study covers Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot, from Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District: 1 on the inventory
What Canada’s Flood Map Inventory lists for Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot: who studied flooding and where to see their maps.
Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District studied flooding in an area that includes Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot (2020); open its map to see which streets lie in a flood zone.
| Study | By | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somass Watershed Flood Management Plan | Alberni-Clayoquot Regional District | 2020 | final · not public |
Towns with a flood study on file
Flood maps are common in British Columbia: 76% of towns have one, against 58% nationally, and Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot is among them.
NRCan Canada Flood Map Inventory: a study footprint touching the town’s boundary; towns of 2,500 people or more.
Flood studies don’t enter the grade; they are listed so you can open the official map for Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot.
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.”
Natural Resources Canada, Canada Flood Map Inventory; links go to each study’s owner.
Earthquakes cost buildings in Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot $0.49 per $1,000 a year
Expected yearly building losses from earthquakes, from Natural Resources Canada’s model.
Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot’s $0.49 is about 16.4 times the typical town’s $0.030: it sits in one of Canada’s more active seismic zones.
Shaking damage a year per $1,000 of building value
Above the middle in British Columbia: Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot’s $0.49 against a median of $0.36, with Duncan highest at $1.33.
NRCan seismic risk model (2022): mean yearly building loss per $1,000 of value; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot is in the top tenth of Canada’s 2,611 towns for earthquake risk; 1.3% rank higher.
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 Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot’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).
Radon runs low around Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot: 0.9% of tested homes over the guideline
Long-term radon tests in homes across the survey area, against Health Canada’s guideline.
Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot’s survey area reads 0.9% over the guideline, under the typical Canadian town’s 6.6%.
Tested homes over 200 Bq/m³
Over 600 Bq/m³
The median in British Columbia is 1.8% over 200 Bq/m³; around Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot it is 0.9%.
Health Canada radon survey (2009–2011), by 2007 health region; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
63% of Canada’s 2,611 towns have a higher share of homes over 200 Bq/m³ than Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot’s band, which holds 37%.
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 Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot 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 published for the Central Vancouver Island health region, not by town
Weather and fire alerts for Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot
Alerts for Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot come from Environment and Climate Change Canada and, for emergencies, Alert Ready.
| 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. |
Evacuation orders for Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot come from the municipality or the province, while CWFIS maps fire danger every day.
Weather alerts (ECCC) · Alert Ready · Fire danger and active fires (CWFIS)
Hazards in the places around Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot
Wildfire band, earthquake risk, radon and flood studies for each place nearby.
| Town | Wildfire | Quake $/1,000 | Radon | Flood study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot | Moderate | $0.49 | 0.9% | Yes |
| Electoral Area F, Alberni-Clayoquot 2,141 · 5.9 km | Moderate | $0.42 | 0.9% | Yes |
| Port Alberni 19,671 · 6.0 km | Moderate | $0.63 | 0.9% | Yes |
| Electoral Area D, Alberni-Clayoquot 1,875 · 8.5 km | Moderate | $0.28 | 0.9% | Yes |
| Electoral Area H, Nanaimo 4,815 · 19 km | Low | $0.34 | 0.9% | Yes |
Electoral Area F, Alberni-Clayoquot burns a little more than Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot, in the same moderate band (moderate here).
Radon is the survey area’s figure, so neighbours in one area share it.
Get ready for what Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot faces
Practical steps for Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot’s hazards, most pressing first.
- Clear needles and wood nearby.
- Keep a grab-and-go bag ready.
- In smoke, stay in; filter air.
- Test for three months in winter.
- Over 200 Bq/m³: fix it.
- Kits are cheap; pros test too.
- Drop, cover and hold on.
- Strap the water heater down.
- Keep 72 hours of supplies.
- Has it had a radon test?
- Check the address on the flood map.
- How close is the forest edge?
- Are flood and wildfire insured?
- Is earthquake cover included?
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot until then.
- Earthquakes are modelled. NRCan models what earthquakes would cost buildings each year on average, subdivision by subdivision; Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot’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 Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot without grading them.
- Wildfire counts one way. Wildfire is read from the national burned-area record around Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot’s homes since 1986, a history of fire that may lower Risk but never raises it.
Questions about flooding and hazards in Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot
Does Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot flood?
A flood study covers Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot on Canada’s Flood Map Inventory; open the owner’s map to check a street, since flood isn’t graded.
Is radon a problem in Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot?
0.9% of the 109 homes Health Canada tested around Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot topped the guideline; your own house needs its own test.
How is Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot grades B− for hazard risk, from earthquakes and radon, with wildfire counted only where it lowers the grade.
How big is the earthquake risk in Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot?
In NRCan’s seismic model, Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot’s buildings lose $0.49 per $1,000 of value in an average year.
Is Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot at risk of wildfire?
Not much by Canadian standards: Electoral Area E, Alberni-Clayoquot’s band is moderate, with 2.2% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986 (last in 2025), so wildfire doesn’t change its grade.
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).