Photo: JFVoll · CC BY-SA 4.0A flood study covers Mt. Hope Huron Park: 1 on the national inventory, the newest from Grand River Conservation Authority
Wildfire barely registers for Mt. Hope Huron Park, at 0% of the land within 25 km since 1986 (0.000% a year). Earthquake risk in Mt. Hope Huron Park is ordinary: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.022 a year per $1,000 of value, close to the typical town’s $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 Mt. Hope Huron Park a grade of A−, from earthquakes and radon alone.
What stands out about Mt. Hope Huron Park’s hazards
Four national sources, each read for Mt. Hope Huron Park: earthquakes, radon, past fires and flood studies.
What Mt. Hope Huron Park faces
Each hazard against its own yardstick; meters run from low to high on that yardstick.
Wildfire
Earthquakes
Radon
Flood study
Hazard risk in Mt. Hope Huron Park: A−
For Mt. Hope Huron Park, Risk will be the average of earthquakes and radon, with wildfire added only if it makes the average worse.
Its place: #237 of 866 in Ontario and #594 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.
Wildfire is rare near Mt. Hope Huron Park: 0% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986, 0% within 5 km
Past fire around Mt. Hope Huron Park’s homes, from the national burned-area record, with the fuel within 5 km.
A burn rate of 0.000% a year keeps Mt. Hope Huron Park in the low band (the typical Canadian town: 0.000%).
Forest makes up 1.3% of the land within 5 km of Mt. Hope Huron Park and 3.3% 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
Near-zero burning puts Mt. Hope Huron Park 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 Mt. Hope Huron Park, 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.
A flood study covers Mt. Hope Huron Park, from Grand River Conservation Authority: 1 on the inventory
What Canada’s Flood Map Inventory lists for Mt. Hope Huron Park: who studied flooding and where to see their maps.
Grand River Conservation Authority holds the flood mapping that covers Mt. Hope Huron Park (2018), linked below.
| Study | By | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand River Regulatory Floodplain | Grand River Conservation Authority | 2018 | final |
Towns with a flood study on file
Flood maps are common in Ontario: 69% of towns have one, against 58% nationally, and Mt. Hope Huron Park is among them.
NRCan Canada Flood Map Inventory: a study footprint touching the town’s boundary; towns of 2,500 people or more.
Flood mapping is shown for Mt. Hope Huron Park to be opened and checked, never turned into a grade.
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 Mt. Hope Huron Park: $0.022 per $1,000 of buildings a year
Expected yearly building losses from earthquakes, from Natural Resources Canada’s model.
Nothing unusual about Mt. Hope Huron Park’s ground: $0.022 against a typical $0.030, 0.7 times.
For earthquake risk, the only official count covers all of the city of Kitchener, Mt. Hope Huron Park included.
Shaking damage a year per $1,000 of building value
Earthquake risk in Ontario peaks in Alexandria ($0.21); Mt. Hope Huron Park, at $0.022, is below the median of $0.043.
NRCan seismic risk model (2022): mean yearly building loss per $1,000 of value; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
Mt. Hope Huron Park’s earthquake risk lands near the centre of Canada’s range; 61% 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 loss is to Mt. Hope Huron Park’s buildings alone, from ground shaking; infrastructure and secondary hazards are left out.
Natural Resources Canada, Canada’s Seismic Risk Model (2022), by census subdivision (2016 boundaries; a few 2021 subdivisions take their residents’ mean).
4% of homes tested around Mt. Hope Huron Park are over the radon guideline
Long-term radon tests in homes across the survey area, against Health Canada’s guideline.
Radon runs below the typical Canadian town (6.6%) in Mt. Hope Huron Park’s area, at 4%. Figures for radon tests are published for the Waterloo Health Unit as a whole, not for Mt. Hope Huron Park alone.
Tested homes over 200 Bq/m³
Over 600 Bq/m³
Mt. Hope Huron Park’s area, at 4%, is close to the median in Ontario (4%).
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 Mt. Hope Huron Park’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 Mt. Hope Huron Park as anywhere, test to be sure.
Health Canada, Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes (2009–2011).
Weather and fire alerts for Mt. Hope Huron Park
Alerts for Mt. Hope Huron Park 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 Mt. Hope Huron Park 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)
Hazards in the places around Mt. Hope Huron Park
Wildfire band, earthquake risk, radon and flood studies for each place nearby.
| Town | Wildfire | Quake $/1,000 | Radon | Flood study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. Hope Huron Park | Low | $0.022 | 4% | Yes |
| Fairfield 3,497 · 0.4 km | Low | $0.022 | 4% | Yes |
| City Commercial Core 2,581 · 1.3 km | Low | $0.022 | 4% | Yes |
| Central Frederick 5,895 · 1.3 km | Low | $0.022 | 4% | Yes |
| Cherry Hill 6,304 · 1.6 km | Low | $0.022 | 4% | Yes |
| Victoria Park 3,574 · 1.7 km | Low | $0.022 | 4% | Yes |
| Bridgeport East 3,903 · 1.8 km | Low | $0.022 | 4% | Yes |
Nowhere around Mt. Hope Huron Park burns more: Fairfield, the closest rival, is low to its low.
Radon is the survey area’s figure, so neighbours in one area share it.
Get ready for what Mt. Hope Huron Park faces
Practical steps for Mt. Hope Huron Park’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.
- 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. A study’s area can be a whole watershed or province, so being on the inventory says a map exists, not that a home in Mt. Hope Huron Park floods.
- Radon is a survey. The radon share comes from about 14,000 long-term home tests in 2009–2011, pooled for now by the 2007 health region Mt. Hope Huron Park sits in.
- 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 Mt. Hope Huron Park’s.
- Wildfire counts one way. The wildfire figure is the share of land within 25 km of Mt. Hope Huron Park’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 Mt. Hope Huron Park
Does Mt. Hope Huron Park flood?
Mt. Hope Huron Park’s area has been studied for flooding, and the owner’s map shows which streets lie in a zone; the grade leaves flood out.
Is Mt. Hope Huron Park at risk of wildfire?
Very little by the national record: Mt. Hope Huron Park’s band is low, with 0% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986, so wildfire doesn’t change its grade.
How big is the earthquake risk in Mt. Hope Huron Park?
In NRCan’s seismic model, Mt. Hope Huron Park’s buildings lose $0.022 per $1,000 of value in an average year.
Is radon a problem in Mt. Hope Huron Park?
4% of the 101 homes Health Canada tested around Mt. Hope Huron Park topped the guideline; your own house needs its own test.
How is Mt. Hope Huron Park’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
Hazard risk gives Mt. Hope Huron Park A−, weighing earthquakes and radon and counting wildfire only against it.
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).