Bendale-Glen Andrew is on Canada’s flood inventory: 1 listed, led by Toronto Regional Conservation Authority
Wildfire isn’t Bendale-Glen Andrew’s worry: 0% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986 (0.001% a year). Shaking is about as much of a worry in Bendale-Glen Andrew as in most places, at $0.043 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). Radon is lower than usual: 2.7% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. Bendale-Glen Andrew grades A− for hazard risk, with wildfire counted against it.
What stands out about Bendale-Glen Andrew’s hazards
For Bendale-Glen Andrew, from NRCan’s seismic model, Health Canada’s radon survey, the national burned-area record and the flood map inventory.
What Bendale-Glen Andrew faces
Each hazard against its own yardstick; meters run from low to high on that yardstick.
Wildfire
Earthquakes
Radon
Flood study
Hazard risk in Bendale-Glen Andrew: A−
For Bendale-Glen Andrew, Risk will be the average of earthquakes and radon, with wildfire added only if it makes the average worse.
Its place: #285 of 866 in Ontario and #700 of 2,589 Canadian towns.
How sure: The seismic figure is a long-run average from NRCan’s model, not a prediction. Only 74 homes were tested in the survey area, so the radon share is rough. The burned-area record misses fires under about 10 ha and most grass and farm fires.
Little of the land around Bendale-Glen Andrew has burned: 0% within 5 km, 0% within 25 km since 1986
Past fire around Bendale-Glen Andrew’s homes, from the national burned-area record, with the fuel within 5 km.
Fire claims 0.001% of the land around Bendale-Glen Andrew each year, a low band, with the typical Canadian town at 0.000%.
No fire has burned within 5 km of Bendale-Glen Andrew’s homes since 1986; the nearest burn is 13 km away.
Around Bendale-Glen Andrew the forest is thin or far off: 0.2% of the land within 5 km and 3.3% within 25 km is forest fuel.
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
At 0.001% a year, Bendale-Glen Andrew is near the top in Ontario: 83rd of 871, behind Sioux Lookout (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.
Some fire is mapped around Bendale-Glen Andrew, but not enough to leave the low band, where 92% of Canada’s 2,610 towns are; 7.5% 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.
A flood study covers Bendale-Glen Andrew, from Toronto Regional Conservation Authority: 1 on the inventory
What Canada’s Flood Map Inventory lists for Bendale-Glen Andrew: who studied flooding and where to see their maps.
Toronto Regional Conservation Authority studied flooding in an area that includes Bendale-Glen Andrew (2021); open its map to see which streets lie in a flood zone.
| Study | By | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto Floodline Consolidation | Toronto Regional Conservation Authority | 2021 | final |
Towns with a flood study on file
Flood maps are common in Ontario: 69% of towns have one, against 58% nationally, and Bendale-Glen Andrew is among them.
NRCan Canada Flood Map Inventory: a study footprint touching the town’s boundary; towns of 2,500 people or more.
Flood studies don’t enter the grade; they are listed so you can open the official map for Bendale-Glen Andrew.
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 Bendale-Glen Andrew: $0.043 a year per $1,000
Expected yearly building losses from earthquakes, from Natural Resources Canada’s model.
Bendale-Glen Andrew’s $0.043 is close to the typical town’s $0.030 (1.4 times as much).
Bendale-Glen Andrew doesn’t get its own earthquake risk figures; the ones here come from the city of Toronto.
Shaking damage a year per $1,000 of building value
Earthquake risk around Bendale-Glen Andrew ($0.043) matches the middle in Ontario ($0.043), far from Alexandria’s $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.
Bendale-Glen Andrew sits mid-range among Canada’s 2,611 towns: 36% expect more shaking damage.
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).
For Bendale-Glen Andrew the model prices shaking damage to buildings, nothing more.
Natural Resources Canada, Canada’s Seismic Risk Model (2022), by census subdivision (2016 boundaries; a few 2021 subdivisions take their residents’ mean).
2.7% of homes tested around Bendale-Glen Andrew are over the radon guideline
Long-term radon tests in homes across the survey area, against Health Canada’s guideline. · Shared with the rest of the City of Toronto Health Unit: radon tests
At 2.7% over the guideline, the area around Bendale-Glen Andrew is under 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; around Bendale-Glen Andrew it is 2.7%.
Health Canada radon survey (2009–2011), by 2007 health region; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
Under 5% puts Bendale-Glen Andrew with 37% of Canada’s 2,611 towns; 63% have more high tests.
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.
Health Canada advises testing every home, Bendale-Glen Andrew’s included, whatever the area’s figure.
Health Canada, Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes (2009–2011).
Where to get warnings in Bendale-Glen Andrew
Alerts for Bendale-Glen Andrew 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 Bendale-Glen Andrew 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 Bendale-Glen Andrew
Wildfire band, earthquake risk, radon and flood studies for each place nearby.
| Town | Wildfire | Quake $/1,000 | Radon | Flood study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bendale-Glen Andrew | Low | $0.043 | 2.7% | Yes |
| Dorset Park 24,770 · 1.7 km | Low | $0.043 | 2.7% | Yes |
| Woburn North 26,662 · 1.9 km | Low | $0.043 | 2.7% | Yes |
| Bendale South 10,885 · 1.9 km | Low | $0.043 | 2.7% | Yes |
| Agincourt South-Malvern West 24,438 · 2.3 km | Low | $0.043 | 2.7% | Yes |
| Eglinton East 22,820 · 3.0 km | Low | $0.043 | 2.7% | Yes |
| Golfdale-Cedarbrae-Woburn 27,429 · 3.3 km | Low | $0.043 | 2.7% | Yes |
Fire is no heavier anywhere nearby than around Bendale-Glen Andrew (low), with Dorset Park next at low.
Radon is the survey area’s figure, so neighbours in one area share it.
Get ready for what Bendale-Glen Andrew faces
Practical steps for Bendale-Glen Andrew’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
- Earthquakes are modelled. Seismic risk is NRCan’s model of yearly building losses from shaking, averaged over many years and given for Bendale-Glen Andrew’s census subdivision (a neighbourhood shows its city’s).
- 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 Bendale-Glen Andrew sits in.
- 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 Bendale-Glen Andrew floods.
- Wildfire counts one way. For Bendale-Glen Andrew, wildfire means how much nearby land burned in the past forty years, a one-way input that can pull Risk down and nothing more.
Questions about flooding and hazards in Bendale-Glen Andrew
Does Bendale-Glen Andrew flood?
Bendale-Glen Andrew’s area has been studied for flooding, and the owner’s map shows which streets lie in a zone; the grade leaves flood out.
How is Bendale-Glen Andrew’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
Hazard risk gives Bendale-Glen Andrew A−, weighing earthquakes and radon and counting wildfire only against it.
Is Bendale-Glen Andrew at risk of wildfire?
Not much by Canadian standards: Bendale-Glen Andrew’s band is low, with 0% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986 (last in 2001), so wildfire doesn’t change its grade.
How big is the earthquake risk in Bendale-Glen Andrew?
In NRCan’s seismic model, Bendale-Glen Andrew’s buildings lose $0.043 per $1,000 of value in an average year.
Is radon a problem in Bendale-Glen Andrew?
2.7% of the 74 homes Health Canada tested around Bendale-Glen Andrew topped the guideline; your own house needs its own test.
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).