Photo: Akos Kokai · CC BY 2.0A flood study covers Parkview West: 2 on the national inventory, the newest from Hamilton Conservation Authority
No wildfire is mapped within 25 km of Parkview West’s homes since 1986 (0% of the land, 0.000% a year). Shaking is about as much of a worry in Parkview West as in most places, at $0.044 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). In Health Canada’s survey, 5% of homes tested in Parkview West’s area exceeded 200 Bq/m³, close to the typical 6.6%. Parkview West grades B+ for hazard risk; wildfire is low here, so it earns no credit.
What stands out about Parkview West’s hazards
For Parkview West, from NRCan’s seismic model, Health Canada’s radon survey, the national burned-area record and the flood map inventory.
What Parkview West faces
Each hazard against its own yardstick; meters run from low to high on that yardstick.
Wildfire
Earthquakes
Radon
Flood study
Hazard risk in Parkview West: B+
Two inputs always count for Parkview West, earthquakes and radon; the third, wildfire, counts only against a town.
Its place: #494 of 866 in Ontario and #1,255 of 2,589 Canadian towns.
How sure: The seismic figure is a long-run average from NRCan’s model, not a prediction. The burned-area record misses fires under about 10 ha and most grass and farm fires.
Wildfire is rare near Parkview West: 0% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986, 0% within 5 km
Fires mapped since 1986 around where Parkview West’s residents live, and the fuel next to their homes.
Low by Canadian standards: 0.000% of the land a year around Parkview West, 0.000% for the typical Canadian town.
Forest makes up 0.1% of the land within 5 km of Parkview West and 0.9% within 25 km, little for a forest fire to run through.
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
Little or nothing burns around Parkview West in a typical year; 638 of the 871 towns in Ontario share that, and Sioux Lookout leads 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.
92% of Canada’s 2,610 towns are in the low band and 7.5% above it; Parkview West is among the many where the yearly burn rate 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.
2 flood studies cover Parkview West, the newest from Hamilton Conservation Authority
Flood studies whose area touches Parkview West, from NRCan’s inventory, each linked to its owner.
The newest of 2 studies covering Parkview West is Hamilton Conservation Authority’s, from 2025; open its map to see the zones.
| Study | By | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hill Creek | Hamilton Conservation Authority | 2025 | final |
| Halton Shoreline Flood Hazard | Conservation Halton | 2020 | 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 Parkview West is among them.
NRCan Canada Flood Map Inventory: a study footprint touching the town’s boundary; towns of 2,500 people or more.
Listed, not scored: a flood study proves a map exists, not that Parkview West floods.
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.
Expected shaking damage in Parkview West: $0.044 a year per $1,000
NRCan’s seismic risk model: the damage shaking is expected to do to buildings each year, on average over many years.
Parkview West’s $0.044 is close to the typical town’s $0.030 (1.5 times as much).
For earthquake risk, the only official count covers all of the city of Hamilton, Parkview West included.
Shaking damage a year per $1,000 of building value
About level with the typical town in Ontario: Parkview West’s $0.044 against $0.043; Alexandria reaches $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.
In the upper part of Canada’s range: 32% of its 2,611 towns expect more damage than Parkview West.
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).
What a quake does after the shaking, fire, landslides, tsunami, falls outside NRCan’s figure for Parkview West.
Natural Resources Canada, Canada’s Seismic Risk Model (2022), by census subdivision (2016 boundaries; a few 2021 subdivisions take their residents’ mean).
Radon about average around Parkview West: 5% over the guideline
Health Canada’s survey of long-term home tests: the share above the 200 Bq/m³ guideline.
At 5% over the guideline, the area around Parkview West is about level with the typical Canadian town’s 6.6%.
Tested homes over 200 Bq/m³
Over 600 Bq/m³
The median in Ontario is 4% over 200 Bq/m³; the survey area around Parkview West has 5%.
Health Canada radon survey (2009–2011), by 2007 health region; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
Parkview West is in the 5–10% band with 37% of Canada’s 2,611 towns; 26% 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.
Whatever Parkview West’s area share, the reading that matters is your own home’s, over a winter.
Health Canada, Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes (2009–2011). · Data for radon tests covers the City of Hamilton Health Unit
Where to get warnings in Parkview West
Alerts for Parkview West 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. |
Alert Ready carries evacuation orders for Parkview West to phones; CWFIS shows the day’s fire danger.
Weather alerts (ECCC) · Alert Ready · Fire danger and active fires (CWFIS)
Hazards in the places around Parkview West
The same four hazards for the places next door.
| Town | Wildfire | Quake $/1,000 | Radon | Flood study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parkview West | Low | $0.044 | 5% | Yes |
| Mcquesten West 6,349 · 1.8 km | Low | $0.044 | 5% | Yes |
| Normanhurst 3,260 · 2.2 km | Low | $0.044 | 5% | Yes |
| Homeside 6,011 · 2.4 km | Low | $0.044 | 5% | None listed |
| Kentley 4,007 · 2.5 km | Low | $0.044 | 5% | Yes |
| Glenview West 3,431 · 3.0 km | Low | $0.044 | 5% | Yes |
| Riverdale West 6,804 · 3.0 km | Low | $0.044 | 5% | Yes |
Among its neighbours Parkview West has the most fire on record (low); Mcquesten West follows (low).
Radon is the survey area’s figure, so neighbours in one area share it.
Get ready for what Parkview West faces
What to do about the hazards Parkview West 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
- Flood studies aren’t flood zones. Flood studies cover areas of every size, which is why the page lists them for Parkview West without grading them.
- Earthquakes are modelled. Seismic risk is NRCan’s model of yearly building losses from shaking, averaged over many years and given for Parkview West’s census subdivision (a neighbourhood shows its city’s).
- Wildfire counts one way. For Parkview West, wildfire means how much nearby land burned in the past forty years, a one-way input that can pull Risk down and nothing more.
- 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 Parkview West until then.
Questions about flooding and hazards in Parkview West
Is radon a problem in Parkview West?
Around Parkview West, 100 survey homes were tested and 5% came in over 200 Bq/m³, a guide to the area, not to any one home.
Is Parkview West at risk of wildfire?
Hardly at all on record: 0% of the land within 25 km of Parkview West since 1986, a low band, though small grass fires aren’t mapped.
How is Parkview West’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
Hazard risk gives Parkview West B+, weighing earthquakes and radon and counting wildfire only against it.
How big is the earthquake risk in Parkview West?
About $0.044 a year per $1,000 of building value, NRCan’s long-run expectation for Parkview West.
Does Parkview West flood?
A flood study covers Parkview West on Canada’s Flood Map Inventory; open the owner’s map to check a street, since flood isn’t graded.
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).