Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainHazards in Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast: wildfire low, radon over the guideline in 2.5% of tested homes
Wildfire is rare near Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast: 0.4% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, a burn rate of 0.009% a year. Shaking is a bigger worry than in most places, at $0.14 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast grades B for hazard risk, with wildfire counted against it.
What stands out about Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast’s hazards
Four national sources, each read for Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast: earthquakes, radon, past fires and flood studies.
What Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast faces
Each hazard against its own yardstick; meters run from low to high on that yardstick.
Wildfire
Earthquakes
Radon
Flood study
Hazard risk in Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast: B
For Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast, Risk will be the average of earthquakes and radon, with wildfire added only if it makes the average worse.
Its place: #53 of 254 in British Columbia and #1,503 of 2,589 Canadian towns.
How sure: Earthquake losses are a model’s expectation over many years, not a forecast for any one. Small fires and grass fires are largely missing from the national burned-area record.
Few fires near Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast: 0.3% within 5 km, 0.4% within 25 km
Past fire around Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast’s homes, from the national burned-area record, with the fuel within 5 km.
Next to the typical Canadian town (0.000% a year), Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast’s 0.009% is in the low band.
About as much forest grows next to Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast’s homes (87% within 5 km) as across 25 km (91%).
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
In the upper half in British Columbia but far from Oliver (0.98%): Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast ranks 100th of 255, at 0.009% a year.
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.
Beside 2,610 Canadian towns, Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast reads low, with 92% of them; only 7.5% rank higher.
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.
No flood study is listed for Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast
What Canada’s Flood Map Inventory lists for Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast: who studied flooding and where to see their maps.
No flood study on the national inventory covers Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast; ask the municipality, which is the authority for its flood maps.
Towns with a flood study on file
Flood maps are common in British Columbia, 76% of towns against 58% nationally, but none in the inventory touches Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast.
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 A, Sunshine Coast.
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.”
Shaking is Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast’s costliest hazard: $0.14 a year per $1,000
Expected yearly building losses from earthquakes, from Natural Resources Canada’s model.
Roughly 4.7 times the typical $0.030: Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast’s $0.14 marks real seismic exposure.
Shaking damage a year per $1,000 of building value
Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast’s $0.14 sits under the median in British Columbia, $0.36, and well under Duncan’s $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.
In the upper part of Canada’s range: 20% of its 2,611 towns expect more damage than Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast.
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 model counts damage to Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast’s buildings and their occupants from shaking only: not liquefaction, landslides, tsunami or fires after a quake.
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 A, Sunshine Coast: 2.5% of tested homes over the guideline
Long-term radon tests in homes across the survey area, against Health Canada’s guideline.
At 2.5% over the guideline, the area around Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast is under the typical Canadian town’s 6.6%.
Tested homes over 200 Bq/m³
Over 600 Bq/m³
More homes top the guideline around Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast (2.5%) than in the typical town in British Columbia (1.8%).
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 A, Sunshine Coast’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.
The share describes the area, not a house: in Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast as anywhere, test to be sure.
Health Canada, Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes (2009–2011). · Radon tests: one figure for all of the North Shore/Coast Garibaldi health region
Weather and fire alerts for Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast
Alerts for Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast 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. |
Fire danger and active fires near Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast are mapped daily by the Canadian Wildland Fire Information System; evacuation orders come from the municipality or province.
Weather alerts (ECCC) · Alert Ready · Fire danger and active fires (CWFIS)
How Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast’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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast | Low | $0.14 | 2.5% | None listed |
| Welcome Beach 3,130 · 16 km | Low | $0.20 | 2.5% | None listed |
The fire record around Welcome Beach is a touch heavier than Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast’s, but the band is the same: low (here low).
Radon is the survey area’s figure, so neighbours in one area share it.
Get ready for what Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast faces
Practical steps for Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast’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.
- Drop, cover and hold on.
- Strap the water heater down.
- Keep 72 hours of supplies.
- Has it had a radon test?
- Ask the municipality for flood maps.
- Are flood and wildfire insured?
- Is earthquake cover included?
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Earthquakes are modelled. NRCan models what earthquakes would cost buildings each year on average, subdivision by subdivision; Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast’s figure is its subdivision’s.
- Radon is a survey. Health Canada’s survey tested some 14,000 homes over three months; until postal-area boundaries are loaded, Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast takes its 2007 health region’s share.
- Wildfire counts one way. Wildfire is read from the national burned-area record around Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast’s homes since 1986, a history of fire that may lower Risk but never raises it.
- Flood studies aren’t flood zones. The flood inventory points to maps; it is incomplete and not the official source, so ask the municipality about any street in Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast.
Questions about flooding and hazards in Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast
How is Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast’s Hazard risk grade is B, built on earthquakes and radon with a one-sided wildfire input.
Does Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast flood?
The inventory has 0 studies for Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast, and an empty list isn’t a clean bill: the municipality holds any flood maps.
Is radon a problem in Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast?
The area’s survey found 2.5% of 81 tested homes above Health Canada’s guideline, so a three-month test is worth doing in Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast.
How big is the earthquake risk in Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast?
In NRCan’s seismic model, Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast’s buildings lose $0.14 per $1,000 of value in an average year.
Is Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast at risk of wildfire?
Some, but Electoral Area A, Sunshine Coast’s low band (0.4% of nearby land burned since 1986, latest 2025) is short of the level that counts.
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).