Hazard risk in Springbrook is lower than in 89% of Canadian towns
For Springbrook, wildfire history is close to nil: 0% of nearby land since 1986, 0.000% a year. Shaking is about as much of a worry in Springbrook as in most places, at $0.030 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). Fewer homes than usual carry radon here, 0% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. Springbrook grades A for hazard risk; wildfire is low here, so it earns no credit.
What stands out about Springbrook’s hazards
Four national sources, each read for Springbrook: earthquakes, radon, past fires and flood studies.
What Springbrook faces
Each hazard against its own yardstick; meters run from low to high on that yardstick.
Wildfire
Earthquakes
Radon
Flood study
Springbrook grades A for hazard risk
Two inputs always count for Springbrook, earthquakes and radon; the third, wildfire, counts only against a town.
Its place: #105 of 866 in Ontario and #417 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.
Wildfire is rare near Springbrook: 0% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986, 0% within 5 km
Past fire around Springbrook’s homes, from the national burned-area record, with the fuel within 5 km.
Low by Canadian standards: 0.000% of the land a year around Springbrook, 0.000% for the typical Canadian town.
Only 3.2% of the land within 25 km of Springbrook is forest fuel, and 0.2% close in.
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 Ontario · highest of 871
Near-zero burning puts Springbrook with 638 of the 871 towns in Ontario, far below Sioux Lookout at 0.16%.
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 Springbrook, 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.
7 flood studies cover Springbrook, the newest from Credit Valley Conservation Authority
What Canada’s Flood Map Inventory lists for Springbrook: who studied flooding and where to see their maps.
Credit Valley Conservation Authority and others have studied flooding in areas that include Springbrook: 7 studies, the latest from 2016.
| Study | By | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Credit | Credit Valley Conservation Authority | 2016 | final · not public |
| Credit River | Credit Valley Conservation Authority | 2008 | final · not public |
| West Credit River | Credit Valley Conservation Authority | 2008 | final · not public |
| Credit River | Credit Valley Conservation Authority | 2007 | final · not public |
| Credit River | Credit Valley Conservation Authority | 2006 | final · not public |
| Huttonville Creek | Credit Valley Conservation Authority | 2006 | final · not public |
| Churchville | Credit Valley Conservation Authority | 1998 | final · not public |
Towns with a flood study on file
Flood maps are common in Ontario: 69% of towns have one, against 58% nationally, and Springbrook is among them.
NRCan Canada Flood Map Inventory: a study footprint touching the town’s boundary; towns of 2,500 people or more.
Mapping around Springbrook began in the 1990s; the 2000s saw the most work (5 of 7 studies), the latest in the 2010s.
Study dates as the NRCan inventory lists them, one count per study touching Springbrook.
The grade leaves flood out, since a study area says nothing about how many of Springbrook’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.”
Natural Resources Canada, Canada Flood Map Inventory; links go to each study’s owner.
Ordinary seismic risk in Springbrook: $0.030 per $1,000 of buildings a year
Expected yearly building losses from earthquakes, from Natural Resources Canada’s model.
With $0.030 of shaking damage a year per $1,000, Springbrook sits right at the typical $0.030.
Springbrook doesn’t get its own earthquake risk figures; the ones here come from the city of Brampton.
Shaking damage a year per $1,000 of building value
At $0.030, Springbrook is below the typical town in Ontario ($0.043); Alexandria is highest at $0.21.
NRCan seismic risk model (2022): mean yearly building loss per $1,000 of value; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
Springbrook’s earthquake risk lands near the centre of Canada’s range; 48% 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 Springbrook’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 Springbrook: 0% of tested homes over the guideline
Long-term radon tests in homes across the survey area, against Health Canada’s guideline.
Springbrook’s area, at 0%, is below the 6.6% of the typical Canadian town, though any one home can still be high.
Tested homes over 200 Bq/m³
Over 600 Bq/m³
Springbrook’s area, at 0%, is below the median in Ontario (4%).
Health Canada radon survey (2009–2011), by 2007 health region; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
Radon rarely tops the guideline around Springbrook, as for 37% of Canada’s 2,611 towns; 63% see 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.
The share describes the area, not a house: in Springbrook as anywhere, test to be sure.
Health Canada, Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes (2009–2011). · Area behind the radon tests figures: the Peel Regional Health Unit
Weather and fire alerts for Springbrook
Environment and Climate Change Canada issues the weather alerts for Springbrook; 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 Springbrook, and listen to local authorities for orders.
Weather alerts (ECCC) · Alert Ready · Fire danger and active fires (CWFIS)
Hazards in the places around Springbrook
Wildfire band, earthquake risk, radon and flood studies for each place nearby.
| Town | Wildfire | Quake $/1,000 | Radon | Flood study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Springbrook | Low | $0.030 | 0% | Yes |
| Fletchers West 18,552 · 1.5 km | Low | $0.030 | 0% | Yes |
| Credit Valley 18,078 · 1.9 km | Low | $0.030 | 0% | Yes |
| Northwood Park 10,402 · 2.4 km | Low | $0.030 | 0% | Yes |
| New Springbrook 12,804 · 2.5 km | Low | $0.030 | 0% | Yes |
| Churchville 9,043 · 2.6 km | Low | $0.030 | 0% | Yes |
| Hickory Woods 14,247 · 3.1 km | Low | $0.030 | 0% | Yes |
Fire is no heavier anywhere nearby than around Springbrook (low), with Fletchers West next at low.
Radon is the survey area’s figure, so neighbours in one area share it.
Get ready for what Springbrook faces
What to do about the hazards Springbrook faces, and what to ask before you buy.
- 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?
- Check the address on the flood map.
- 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 Springbrook’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 Springbrook is its health region’s, the survey’s design unit.
- Earthquakes are modelled. NRCan models what earthquakes would cost buildings each year on average, subdivision by subdivision; Springbrook’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 Springbrook.
Questions about flooding and hazards in Springbrook
How is Springbrook’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
Hazard risk gives Springbrook A, weighing earthquakes and radon and counting wildfire only against it.
Is Springbrook at risk of wildfire?
No meaningful wildfire history near Springbrook: 0% of nearby land since 1986, band low.
How big is the earthquake risk in Springbrook?
In NRCan’s seismic model, Springbrook’s buildings lose $0.030 per $1,000 of value in an average year.
Does Springbrook flood?
There is flood mapping for Springbrook on the national inventory, each study linked to its owner’s map, none of them graded.
Is radon a problem in Springbrook?
In Health Canada’s survey, 0% of 90 homes tested in Springbrook’s area were above 200 Bq/m³, though only a test tells you about one house.
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).