Photo: Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center · Public domainFlood mapping exists for Kensington, Part 1: 2 on record, latest by Department of Environment, Energy and Climate Action - Government of Prince Edward Island
No wildfire is mapped within 25 km of Kensington, Part 1’s homes since 1986 (0% of the land, 0.000% a year). Shaking is about as much of a worry in Kensington, Part 1 as in most places, at $0.029 a year per $1,000 of building value ($0.030 typical). In Health Canada’s survey, just 3.5% of homes tested in the area exceeded 200 Bq/m³ (6.6% typical). Hazard risk gives Kensington, Part 1 a grade of A−, from earthquakes and radon alone.
What stands out about Kensington, Part 1’s hazards
For Kensington, Part 1, from NRCan’s seismic model, Health Canada’s radon survey, the national burned-area record and the flood map inventory.
What Kensington, Part 1 faces
Each hazard against its own yardstick; meters run from low to high on that yardstick.
Wildfire
Earthquakes
Radon
Flood study
Hazard risk in Kensington, Part 1: A−
Earthquake risk and radon make Kensington, Part 1’s grade; wildfire can only lower it, never raise it, and flood studies are listed but not scored.
Its place: #10 of 12 on Prince Edward Island and #647 of 2,589 Canadian towns.
How sure: Earthquake losses are a model’s expectation over many years, not a forecast for any one. The burned-area record misses fires under about 10 ha and most grass and farm fires.
Few fires near Kensington, Part 1: 0% within 5 km, 0% within 25 km
Fires mapped since 1986 around where Kensington, Part 1’s residents live, and the fuel next to their homes.
At 0.000% of the land a year, Kensington, Part 1’s burn rate is in the low band; the typical Canadian town sees 0.000%.
Homes in Kensington, Part 1 sit on open or built-up ground (3.1% forest fuel within 5 km); the wider 25 km holds 16%.
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 on Prince Edward Island · highest of 12
Every one of the 12 towns on Prince Edward Island, Kensington, Part 1 among them, has a yearly burn rate that rounds to zero.
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.
The low band holds 92% of Canada’s 2,610 towns, and Kensington, Part 1 sits at its very bottom; only 7.5% are above it.
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.
Flooding around Kensington, Part 1 is mapped in 2 studies, the newest by Department of Environment, Energy and Climate Action - Government of Prince Edward Island
Flood studies whose area touches Kensington, Part 1, from NRCan’s inventory, each linked to its owner.
2 studies on the inventory touch Kensington, Part 1, the newest Department of Environment, Energy and Climate Action - Government of Prince Edward Island’s from 2024, and their areas can be large, so they say maps exist, not that the town floods.
| Study | By | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| PEI Pluvial Flood Mapping | Department of Environment, Energy and Climate Action - Government of Prince Edward Island | 2024 | final |
| Prince Edward Island Coastal Hazards | Province of PEI, Department of Environment, Energy and Climate Action | 2021 | final |
Towns with a flood study on file
Mapping on Prince Edward Island reaches 100% of towns, Kensington, Part 1 included, beside 58% across Canada.
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 Kensington, Part 1.
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 Kensington, Part 1: $0.029 per $1,000 of buildings a year
NRCan’s seismic risk model: the damage shaking is expected to do to buildings each year, on average over many years.
Kensington, Part 1’s $0.029 is the typical figure ($0.030): ordinary ground for Canada.
Shaking damage a year per $1,000 of building value
Kensington, Part 1’s $0.029 tops the median on Prince Edward Island, $0.020, though O'Leary reaches $0.034.
NRCan seismic risk model (2022): mean yearly building loss per $1,000 of value; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
Around half of Canada’s 2,611 towns expect more shaking damage than Kensington, Part 1 (51%).
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 Kensington, Part 1 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).
3.5% of homes tested around Kensington, Part 1 are over the radon guideline
Health Canada’s survey of long-term home tests: the share above the 200 Bq/m³ guideline. · Measured across the Prince Edward Island Health Region: radon tests
Kensington, Part 1’s survey area reads 3.5% over the guideline, under the typical Canadian town’s 6.6%.
Tested homes over 200 Bq/m³
Over 600 Bq/m³
The typical town on Prince Edward Island has 3.5% over 200 Bq/m³; Kensington, Part 1’s area has 3.5%, much the same.
Health Canada radon survey (2009–2011), by 2007 health region; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
Under 5% puts Kensington, Part 1 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.
Radon varies from house to house in Kensington, Part 1, so the survey is a reason to test, not a result for yours.
Health Canada, Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes (2009–2011).
Where to get warnings in Kensington, Part 1
Alerts for Kensington, Part 1 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 Kensington, Part 1 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 Kensington, Part 1
The same four hazards for the places next door.
| Town | Wildfire | Quake $/1,000 | Radon | Flood study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington, Part 1 | Low | $0.029 | 3.5% | Yes |
| Kensington 2,016 · 0.8 km | Low | $0.032 | 3.5% | Yes |
| Malpeque Bay 1,351 · 7.6 km | Low | $0.027 | 3.5% | Yes |
| New London 1,443 · 8.5 km | Low | $0.021 | 3.5% | Yes |
| Kinkora 1,416 · 9.8 km | Low | $0.027 | 3.5% | Yes |
| Summerside 19,006 · 11 km | Low | $0.030 | 3.5% | Yes |
| Miscouche 1,113 · 16 km | Low | $0.036 | 3.5% | Yes |
Kensington, Part 1’s low band tops its neighbours; Kensington is next (low).
Radon is the survey area’s figure, so neighbours in one area share it.
Get ready for what Kensington, Part 1 faces
Practical steps for Kensington, Part 1’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
- Radon is a survey. Health Canada’s survey tested some 14,000 homes over three months; until postal-area boundaries are loaded, Kensington, Part 1 takes its 2007 health region’s share.
- Earthquakes are modelled. Seismic risk is NRCan’s model of yearly building losses from shaking, averaged over many years and given for Kensington, Part 1’s census subdivision (a neighbourhood shows its city’s).
- Flood studies aren’t flood zones. The flood inventory points to maps; it is incomplete and not the official source, so ask the municipality about any street in Kensington, Part 1.
- Wildfire counts one way. For Kensington, Part 1, 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 Kensington, Part 1
How big is the earthquake risk in Kensington, Part 1?
About $0.029 a year per $1,000 of building value, NRCan’s long-run expectation for Kensington, Part 1.
How is Kensington, Part 1’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
Kensington, Part 1’s Hazard risk grade is A−, built on earthquakes and radon with a one-sided wildfire input.
Is Kensington, Part 1 at risk of wildfire?
The burned-area record shows next to nothing around Kensington, Part 1 (0% within 25 km since 1986), so its band is low.
Does Kensington, Part 1 flood?
The inventory lists a study touching Kensington, Part 1; whether a given street floods is on that map, not in the grade.
Is radon a problem in Kensington, Part 1?
The area’s survey found 3.5% of 113 tested homes above Health Canada’s guideline, so a three-month test is worth doing in Kensington, Part 1.
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).