Photo: WayneRay · Public domainOn hazards, Division No. 1, Subdivision G comes out behind 95% of Canadian towns
Fire is a regular visitor: 11% of the land within 25 km of Division No. 1, Subdivision G has burned since 1986 (0.26% a year). Seismic risk runs low: $0.010 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. In Health Canada’s survey, just 4% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). Hazard risk gives Division No. 1, Subdivision G a grade of D; its wildfire band pulls it down.
What stands out about Division No. 1, Subdivision G’s hazards
Four national sources, each read for Division No. 1, Subdivision G: earthquakes, radon, past fires and flood studies.
What Division No. 1, Subdivision G faces
Each hazard against its own yardstick; meters run from low to high on that yardstick.
Wildfire
Earthquakes
Radon
Flood study
Division No. 1, Subdivision G grades D for hazard risk
Risk averages earthquakes and radon; wildfire joins only where it pulls the average down, so a town like Division No. 1, Subdivision G with little fire nearby would get no credit for it.
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.
A high wildfire band for Division No. 1, Subdivision G: 26% within 5 km, 11% within 25 km
Past fire around Division No. 1, Subdivision G’s homes, from the national burned-area record, with the fuel within 5 km.
High: the land around Division No. 1, Subdivision G burns at 0.26% a year, where the typical Canadian town sees 0.000%.
Within 5 km of Division No. 1, Subdivision G, 23% of the land is forest fuel; widen the ring to 25 km and it is 55%.
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 Newfoundland and Labrador · highest of 33
The land around Division No. 1, Subdivision G burns at 0.26% a year, the 4th highest rate of 33 towns in Newfoundland and Labrador; Labrador City tops it at 0.43%.
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.
High is rare: 1.9% of Canada’s 2,610 towns, Division No. 1, Subdivision G among them, with 0.2% higher still.
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 Division No. 1, Subdivision G
What Canada’s Flood Map Inventory lists for Division No. 1, Subdivision G: who studied flooding and where to see their maps.
No flood study on the national inventory covers Division No. 1, Subdivision G; ask the municipality, which is the authority for its flood maps.
Towns with a flood study on file
Flood maps are common in Newfoundland and Labrador, 59% of towns against 58% nationally, but none in the inventory touches Division No. 1, Subdivision G.
NRCan Canada Flood Map Inventory: a study footprint touching the town’s boundary; towns of 2,500 people or more.
Flood is shown here, never graded: a study says where a map exists, not how many of Division No. 1, Subdivision G’s homes stand in a flood zone.
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.”
Little shaking expected in Division No. 1, Subdivision G: $0.010 a year per $1,000
Expected yearly building losses from earthquakes, from Natural Resources Canada’s model.
Division No. 1, Subdivision G’s $0.010 is a fraction of the typical town’s $0.030 (0.3 times as much): quiet ground by Canadian standards.
Shaking damage a year per $1,000 of building value
Shaking damage around Division No. 1, Subdivision G runs at $0.010 a year, near the $0.011 of the typical town in Newfoundland and Labrador; Holyrood has $0.015.
NRCan seismic risk model (2022): mean yearly building loss per $1,000 of value; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
Division No. 1, Subdivision G is in the lower part of Canada’s range for earthquake risk; 86% of the 2,611 towns are 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 model counts damage to Division No. 1, Subdivision G’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).
Little radon around Division No. 1, Subdivision G: 4% of area homes over the guideline
Long-term radon tests in homes across the survey area, against Health Canada’s guideline.
A lower share than most: 4% of tested homes around Division No. 1, Subdivision G, the typical Canadian town 6.6%.
Tested homes over 200 Bq/m³
Over 600 Bq/m³
Around Division No. 1, Subdivision G, 4% of tests topped the guideline, about the same as the typical town in Newfoundland and Labrador (4%).
Health Canada radon survey (2009–2011), by 2007 health region; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
Division No. 1, Subdivision G is in the lowest band, with 37% of Canada’s 2,611 towns: under 5% of tests over the guideline, while 63% have more.
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 Division No. 1, Subdivision G 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). · Not measured by town: radon tests (the Eastern Regional Integrated Health Authority)
Weather and fire alerts for Division No. 1, Subdivision G
Environment and Climate Change Canada issues the weather alerts for Division No. 1, Subdivision G; 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 Division No. 1, Subdivision G, 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)
Get ready for what Division No. 1, Subdivision G faces
What to do about the hazards Division No. 1, Subdivision G 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
- Earthquakes are modelled. NRCan models what earthquakes would cost buildings each year on average, subdivision by subdivision; Division No. 1, Subdivision G’s figure is its subdivision’s.
- Flood studies aren’t flood zones. NRCan’s inventory says where flood mapping exists, not where water goes; the map’s owner is the authority for Division No. 1, Subdivision G.
- Wildfire counts one way. Wildfire is read from the national burned-area record around Division No. 1, Subdivision G’s homes since 1986, a history of fire that may lower Risk but never raises it.
- Radon is a survey. About 14,000 homes were tested across Canada in 2009–2011, and the share over the guideline for Division No. 1, Subdivision G is its health region’s, the survey’s design unit.
Questions about flooding and hazards in Division No. 1, Subdivision G
Is radon a problem in Division No. 1, Subdivision G?
In Health Canada’s survey, 4% of 100 homes tested in Division No. 1, Subdivision G’s area were above 200 Bq/m³, though only a test tells you about one house.
How is Division No. 1, Subdivision G’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
Hazard risk gives Division No. 1, Subdivision G D, weighing earthquakes and radon and counting wildfire only against it.
Is Division No. 1, Subdivision G at risk of wildfire?
Yes, by Canadian standards: Division No. 1, Subdivision G’s band is high, with 11% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986 (last in 2025), so wildfire counts against its Risk grade.
Does Division No. 1, Subdivision G flood?
Nothing is listed for Division No. 1, Subdivision G on the national inventory (0); local maps may still exist with the municipality.
How big is the earthquake risk in Division No. 1, Subdivision G?
NRCan’s model expects shaking to cost buildings in Division No. 1, Subdivision G $0.010 a year for every $1,000 of their value, on average over many years.
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).