A flood study covers Bendale South: 1 on the national inventory, the newest from Toronto Regional Conservation Authority
Wildfire barely registers for Bendale South, at 0% of the land within 25 km since 1986 (0.001% a year). Shaking is about as much of a worry in Bendale South as in most places, at $0.043 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). In Health Canada’s survey, just 2.7% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). Hazard risk gives Bendale South a grade of A−; its wildfire band pulls it down.
What stands out about Bendale South’s hazards
For Bendale South, from NRCan’s seismic model, Health Canada’s radon survey, the national burned-area record and the flood map inventory.
What Bendale South 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 South: A−
For Bendale South, 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: Earthquake losses are a model’s expectation over many years, not a forecast for any one. 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.
Few fires near Bendale South: 0% within 5 km, 0% within 25 km
Fires mapped since 1986 around where Bendale South’s residents live, and the fuel next to their homes.
The yearly burn rate around Bendale South is 0.001%, low beside 0.000% for the typical Canadian town.
The closest burn since 1986 lies 14 km from Bendale South’s homes, none within 5 km.
Land that isn’t forest covers nearly all the ground around Bendale South: forest fuel is 0.3% within 5 km and 2.9% within 25 km.
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 South 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 South, 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.
Toronto Regional Conservation Authority has mapped flooding for Bendale South (1 study)
Flood studies whose area touches Bendale South, from NRCan’s inventory, each linked to its owner.
The flood study touching Bendale South is Toronto Regional Conservation Authority’s, dated 2021; its own map shows the zones street by street.
| Study | By | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Toronto Floodline Consolidation | Toronto Regional Conservation Authority | 2021 | final |
Towns with a flood study on file
Bendale South is one of the 69% of towns in Ontario with a flood study on file; across Canada it is 58%.
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 Bendale South’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.”
Natural Resources Canada, Canada Flood Map Inventory; links go to each study’s owner.
Expected shaking damage in Bendale South: $0.043 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.
Nothing unusual about Bendale South’s ground: $0.043 against a typical $0.030, 1.4 times.
Nobody publishes earthquake risk for Bendale South alone, so this card uses the figure for the city of Toronto.
Shaking damage a year per $1,000 of building value
The median in Ontario is $0.043; Bendale South, at $0.043, is right beside it, and Alexandria tops the list 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.
Neither high nor low for Canada: 36% of the 2,611 towns expect more damage than Bendale South.
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).
Only shaking damage to buildings in Bendale South is counted; landslides, liquefaction, tsunami and fire after a quake aren’t.
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 South are over the radon guideline
Health Canada’s survey of long-term home tests: the share above the 200 Bq/m³ guideline.
Radon runs below the typical Canadian town (6.6%) in Bendale South’s area, at 2.7%. Figures for radon tests are published for the City of Toronto Health Unit as a whole, not for Bendale South alone.
Tested homes over 200 Bq/m³
Over 600 Bq/m³
Fewer homes top the guideline around Bendale South (2.7%) than in the typical town in Ontario (4%).
Health Canada radon survey (2009–2011), by 2007 health region; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
Few tests over the guideline: Bendale South shares the bottom band with 37% of Canada’s 2,611 towns, below the other 63%.
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.
Neighbouring homes in Bendale South can differ a lot; only a long-term test tells you about yours.
Health Canada, Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes (2009–2011).
Where to get warnings in Bendale South
Environment and Climate Change Canada issues the weather alerts for Bendale South; 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 Bendale South, and listen to local authorities for orders.
Weather alerts (ECCC) · Alert Ready · Fire danger and active fires (CWFIS)
Hazards in the places around Bendale South
The same four hazards for the places next door.
| Town | Wildfire | Quake $/1,000 | Radon | Flood study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bendale South | Low | $0.043 | 2.7% | Yes |
| Eglinton East 22,820 · 1.1 km | Low | $0.043 | 2.7% | Yes |
| Bendale-Glen Andrew 19,134 · 1.9 km | Low | $0.043 | 2.7% | Yes |
| Dorset Park 24,770 · 2.5 km | Low | $0.043 | 2.7% | Yes |
| Ionview 13,382 · 2.5 km | Low | $0.043 | 2.7% | Yes |
| Woburn North 26,662 · 2.7 km | Low | $0.043 | 2.7% | Yes |
| Kennedy Park 17,156 · 2.7 km | Low | $0.043 | 2.7% | Yes |
Fire is no heavier anywhere nearby than around Bendale South (low), with Eglinton East next at low.
Radon is the survey area’s figure, so neighbours in one area share it.
Get ready for what Bendale South faces
Practical steps for Bendale South’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
- Wildfire counts one way. For Bendale South, wildfire means how much nearby land burned in the past forty years, a one-way input that can pull Risk down and nothing more.
- Earthquakes are modelled. Seismic risk is NRCan’s model of yearly building losses from shaking, averaged over many years and given for Bendale South’s census subdivision (a neighbourhood shows its city’s).
- Radon is a survey. About 14,000 homes were tested across Canada in 2009–2011, and the share over the guideline for Bendale South is its health region’s, the survey’s design unit.
- 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 Bendale South.
Questions about flooding and hazards in Bendale South
How is Bendale South’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
Bendale South grades A− for hazard risk, from earthquakes and radon, with wildfire counted only where it lowers the grade.
Does Bendale South flood?
There is flood mapping for Bendale South on the national inventory, each study linked to its owner’s map, none of them graded.
Is Bendale South at risk of wildfire?
Not much by Canadian standards: Bendale South’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.
Is radon a problem in Bendale South?
2.7% of the 74 homes Health Canada tested around Bendale South topped the guideline; your own house needs its own test.
How big is the earthquake risk in Bendale South?
Expected earthquake damage in Bendale South comes to $0.043 a year for each $1,000 that buildings are worth.
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).