Photo: Murray Foubister · CC BY-SA 2.0High radon around North Cypress-Langford: 35% of homes tested in the area exceed 200 Bq/m³
Wildfire is a moderate presence around North Cypress-Langford: 2.1% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, 0.06% a year, short of the band that counts against Risk. Shaking is less of a worry than in most places, at $0.005 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). North Cypress-Langford grades B− for hazard risk, with wildfire counted against it.
What stands out about North Cypress-Langford’s hazards
Four national sources, each read for North Cypress-Langford: earthquakes, radon, past fires and flood studies.
What North Cypress-Langford faces
Each hazard against its own yardstick; meters run from low to high on that yardstick.
Wildfire
Earthquakes
Radon
Flood study
Hazard risk in North Cypress-Langford: B−
Risk averages earthquakes and radon; wildfire joins only where it pulls the average down, so a town like North Cypress-Langford with little fire nearby would get no credit for it.
Its place: #153 of 185 in Manitoba and #1,609 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.
Some fire around North Cypress-Langford: 2.1% of the land within 25 km since 1986, 1.1% within 5 km
Fires mapped since 1986 around where North Cypress-Langford’s residents live, and the fuel next to their homes.
The yearly burn rate around North Cypress-Langford is 0.06%, above 0.000% for the typical Canadian town but under the high band.
Forest fuel is scarce around North Cypress-Langford: 0.9% of the land within 5 km, 0.3% within 25 km.
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 Manitoba · highest of 189
At 0.06% a year, North Cypress-Langford is near the top in Manitoba: 19th of 189, behind Flin Flon (Part) (1.68%).
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.
North Cypress-Langford is in the moderate band, which holds 5.4% of Canada’s 2,610 towns; 2.1% 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.
The flood map inventory lists nothing for North Cypress-Langford
Flood studies whose area touches North Cypress-Langford, from NRCan’s inventory, each linked to its owner.
Nationally, North Cypress-Langford has no listed flood study; the municipality is the place to ask.
Towns with a flood study on file
Flood maps are thinner in Manitoba, 18% of towns against 58% nationally, and North Cypress-Langford has none.
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 North Cypress-Langford’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.”
Low seismic risk in North Cypress-Langford: $0.005 per $1,000 of buildings a year
NRCan’s seismic risk model: the damage shaking is expected to do to buildings each year, on average over many years.
0.2 times the typical $0.030: North Cypress-Langford’s $0.005 is low for Canada.
Shaking damage a year per $1,000 of building value
North Cypress-Langford’s $0.005 is close to the median in Manitoba, $0.006; Virden is highest at $0.007.
NRCan seismic risk model (2022): mean yearly building loss per $1,000 of value; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
Nearly every one of Canada’s 2,611 towns (96%) expects more shaking damage than North Cypress-Langford.
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).
Roads, pipes and bridges aren’t in North Cypress-Langford’s figure, nor landslides or tsunami: it is buildings and shaking.
Natural Resources Canada, Canada’s Seismic Risk Model (2022), by census subdivision (2016 boundaries; a few 2021 subdivisions take their residents’ mean).
35% of homes tested around North Cypress-Langford are over the radon guideline
Health Canada’s survey of long-term home tests: the share above the 200 Bq/m³ guideline.
the typical Canadian town has 6.6% over the guideline; North Cypress-Langford’s area has 35%. North Cypress-Langford doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Assiniboine health region.
Tested homes over 200 Bq/m³
Over 600 Bq/m³
More homes top the guideline around North Cypress-Langford (35%) than in the typical town in Manitoba (12%); 1.8% went over 600.
Health Canada radon survey (2009–2011), by 2007 health region; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
North Cypress-Langford is in the top band, 30% or more, with just 1.5% of Canada’s towns.
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.
A survey sample isn’t a map: any home in North Cypress-Langford can be high, and a three-month test is the only way to know.
Health Canada, Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes (2009–2011).
Weather and fire alerts for North Cypress-Langford
Environment and Climate Change Canada issues the weather alerts for North Cypress-Langford; 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. |
In fire season, check CWFIS for danger and active fires around North Cypress-Langford, and listen to local authorities for orders.
Weather alerts (ECCC) · Alert Ready · Fire danger and active fires (CWFIS)
Hazards in the places around North Cypress-Langford
The same four hazards for the places next door.
| Town | Wildfire | Quake $/1,000 | Radon | Flood study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Cypress-Langford | Moderate | $0.005 | 35% | None listed |
| Carberry 1,950 · 19 km | Moderate | $0.005 | 35% | None listed |
The fire record around Carberry is a touch heavier than North Cypress-Langford’s, but the band is the same: moderate (here moderate).
Radon is the survey area’s figure, so neighbours in one area share it.
Get ready for what North Cypress-Langford faces
What to do about the hazards North Cypress-Langford faces, and what to ask before you buy.
- 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.
- Never drive through floodwater.
- Move papers and medicines upstairs.
- Ask whether your street is mapped.
- Has it had a radon test?
- Ask the municipality for flood maps.
- How close is the forest edge?
- Are flood and wildfire insured?
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 North Cypress-Langford until then.
- Flood studies aren’t flood zones. Flood studies cover areas of every size, which is why the page lists them for North Cypress-Langford without grading them.
- Earthquakes are modelled. Shaking damage is modelled from the ground, the buildings and the odds of each quake, and published for whole subdivisions such as North Cypress-Langford’s.
- Wildfire counts one way. The wildfire figure is the share of land within 25 km of North Cypress-Langford’s homes burned each year from 1986 to 2025, past fire rather than a forecast, and it can only lower Risk.
Questions about flooding and hazards in North Cypress-Langford
Is radon a problem in North Cypress-Langford?
Around North Cypress-Langford, 110 survey homes were tested and 35% came in over 200 Bq/m³, a guide to the area, not to any one home.
Does North Cypress-Langford flood?
With 0 studies on the inventory, North Cypress-Langford’s flood risk is unmapped nationally; check with the municipality before buying.
Is North Cypress-Langford at risk of wildfire?
Fire has reached 2.1% of the land around North Cypress-Langford since 1986 (last in 2023); at moderate, it neither helps nor hurts the grade.
How is North Cypress-Langford’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
Hazard risk gives North Cypress-Langford B−, weighing earthquakes and radon and counting wildfire only against it.
How big is the earthquake risk in North Cypress-Langford?
About $0.005 a year per $1,000 of building value, NRCan’s long-run expectation for North Cypress-Langford.
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).