Photo: The original uploader was Bib at French Wikipedia . · CC BY-SA 2.5 caWildfire low, radon 7.3%: how Saint-Georges-de-Windsor stands on hazards
The burned-area map is nearly blank around Saint-Georges-de-Windsor, 0% within 25 km since 1986, 0.000% a year. Earthquake risk in Saint-Georges-de-Windsor is ordinary: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.051 a year per $1,000 of value, close to the typical town’s $0.030. Hazard risk gives Saint-Georges-de-Windsor a grade of B, from earthquakes and radon alone.
What stands out about Saint-Georges-de-Windsor’s hazards
Four national sources, each read for Saint-Georges-de-Windsor: earthquakes, radon, past fires and flood studies.
What Saint-Georges-de-Windsor faces
Each hazard against its own yardstick; meters run from low to high on that yardstick.
Wildfire
Earthquakes
Radon
Flood study
Saint-Georges-de-Windsor grades B for hazard risk
Risk averages earthquakes and radon; wildfire joins only where it pulls the average down, so a town like Saint-Georges-de-Windsor with little fire nearby would get no credit for it.
How sure: Earthquake losses are a model’s expectation over many years, not a forecast for any one. Only 55 homes were tested in the survey area, so the radon share is rough. Small fires and grass fires are largely missing from the national burned-area record.
Few fires near Saint-Georges-de-Windsor: 0% within 5 km, 0% within 25 km
Past fire around Saint-Georges-de-Windsor’s homes, from the national burned-area record, with the fuel within 5 km.
Around Saint-Georges-de-Windsor fire takes 0.000% of the land in a typical year, the typical Canadian town 0.000%, which is low.
Fire has stayed at least 8.8 km from Saint-Georges-de-Windsor’s homes since 1986.
The ring nearest Saint-Georges-de-Windsor is the most wooded: 48% forest fuel within 5 km against 35% 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 Quebec · highest of 514
Among the 514 towns in Quebec, Mistissini burns fastest (0.31% a year); Saint-Georges-de-Windsor is with the 145 near 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.
Most of the country’s 2,610 towns are low-band (92%, against 7.5% above); around Saint-Georges-de-Windsor, 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.
No flood study is listed for Saint-Georges-de-Windsor
What Canada’s Flood Map Inventory lists for Saint-Georges-de-Windsor: who studied flooding and where to see their maps.
An empty entry for Saint-Georges-de-Windsor on the inventory isn’t proof of safety; ask locally for flood maps.
Towns with a flood study on file
No study touches Saint-Georges-de-Windsor; in Quebec, 45% of towns have one, below Canada’s 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 Saint-Georges-de-Windsor’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.”
Earthquakes cost buildings in Saint-Georges-de-Windsor $0.051 per $1,000 a year
Expected yearly building losses from earthquakes, from Natural Resources Canada’s model.
With $0.051 of shaking damage a year per $1,000, Saint-Georges-de-Windsor is about even with the typical $0.030 (1.7 times).
Shaking damage a year per $1,000 of building value
Saint-Georges-de-Windsor’s $0.051 sits under the median in Quebec, $0.14, and well under La Pocatière’s $0.48.
NRCan seismic risk model (2022): mean yearly building loss per $1,000 of value; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
30% of Canada’s 2,611 towns expect more shaking damage than Saint-Georges-de-Windsor, which places it in the upper third.
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).
Roads, pipes and bridges aren’t in Saint-Georges-de-Windsor’s figure, nor landslides or tsunami: it is buildings and shaking.
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 Saint-Georges-de-Windsor: 7.3% over the guideline
Long-term radon tests in homes across the survey area, against Health Canada’s guideline.
Saint-Georges-de-Windsor’s area, at 7.3%, is close to the 6.6% of the typical Canadian town.
Tested homes over 200 Bq/m³
Over 600 Bq/m³
Radon around Saint-Georges-de-Windsor is ordinary for towns in Quebec: 7.3%, beside a median of 8.2%.
Health Canada radon survey (2009–2011), by 2007 health region; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
Saint-Georges-de-Windsor 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.
The share describes the area, not a house: in Saint-Georges-de-Windsor as anywhere, test to be sure.
Health Canada, Cross-Canada Survey of Radon Concentrations in Homes (2009–2011). · Radon tests: one figure for all of the Estrie health region
Weather and fire alerts for Saint-Georges-de-Windsor
Environment and Climate Change Canada issues the weather alerts for Saint-Georges-de-Windsor; 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 Saint-Georges-de-Windsor, and listen to local authorities for orders.
Weather alerts (ECCC) · Alert Ready · Fire danger and active fires (CWFIS)
How Saint-Georges-de-Windsor’s neighbours compare on hazards
Wildfire band, earthquake risk, radon and flood studies for each place nearby.
| Town | Wildfire | Quake $/1,000 | Radon | Flood study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Georges-de-Windsor | Low | $0.051 | 7.3% | None listed |
| Val-des-Sources 7,303 · 8.3 km | Low | $0.044 | 7.3% | Yes |
| Wotton 1,448 · 9.1 km | Low | $0.044 | 7.3% | None listed |
| Saint-Claude 1,167 · 12 km | Low | $0.056 | 7.3% | None listed |
| Danville 3,944 · 12 km | Low | $0.049 | 7.3% | Yes |
| Val-Joli 1,787 · 14 km | Low | $0.053 | 7.3% | Yes |
| Windsor 5,368 · 17 km | Low | $0.044 | 7.3% | Yes |
Among its neighbours Saint-Georges-de-Windsor has the most fire on record (low); Val-des-Sources follows (low).
Radon is the survey area’s figure, so neighbours in one area share it.
Get ready for what Saint-Georges-de-Windsor faces
What to do about the hazards Saint-Georges-de-Windsor 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?
- Ask the municipality for flood maps.
- 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, Saint-Georges-de-Windsor takes its 2007 health region’s share.
- Wildfire counts one way. The wildfire figure is the share of land within 25 km of Saint-Georges-de-Windsor’s homes burned each year from 1986 to 2025, past fire rather than a forecast, and it can only lower Risk.
- 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 Saint-Georges-de-Windsor’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 Saint-Georges-de-Windsor.
Questions about flooding and hazards in Saint-Georges-de-Windsor
Does Saint-Georges-de-Windsor flood?
Nothing is listed for Saint-Georges-de-Windsor on the national inventory (0); local maps may still exist with the municipality.
How is Saint-Georges-de-Windsor’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
Hazard risk gives Saint-Georges-de-Windsor B, weighing earthquakes and radon and counting wildfire only against it.
Is radon a problem in Saint-Georges-de-Windsor?
In Health Canada’s survey, 7.3% of 55 homes tested in Saint-Georges-de-Windsor’s area were above 200 Bq/m³, though only a test tells you about one house.
How big is the earthquake risk in Saint-Georges-de-Windsor?
In NRCan’s seismic model, Saint-Georges-de-Windsor’s buildings lose $0.051 per $1,000 of value in an average year.
Is Saint-Georges-de-Windsor at risk of wildfire?
Less than most of Canada: 0% of the land within 25 km of Saint-Georges-de-Windsor has burned since 1986, the last in 2015, a low band that leaves Risk alone.
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).