Photo: Veillg1 · CC0Hazards in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade: wildfire low, radon over the guideline in 0% of tested homes
Fire seldom reaches Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade: since 1986, 0.1% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.001% a year). Seismic risk runs high: $0.13 of expected damage per $1,000 of buildings a year, the typical town $0.030. Hazard risk gives Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade a grade of B+; its wildfire band pulls it down.
What stands out about Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade’s hazards
Four national sources, each read for Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade: earthquakes, radon, past fires and flood studies.
What Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade faces
Each hazard against its own yardstick; meters run from low to high on that yardstick.
Wildfire
Earthquakes
Radon
Flood study
Hazard risk in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade: B+
Risk averages earthquakes and radon; wildfire joins only where it pulls the average down, so a town like Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade 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. The radon share rests on 58 home tests in the survey area, so a few homes move it. Small fires and grass fires are largely missing from the national burned-area record.
Wildfire is rare near Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade: 0.1% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986, 0% within 5 km
Fires mapped since 1986 around where Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade’s residents live, and the fuel next to their homes.
With 0.001% burned a year, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade is among the many low-band places (the typical Canadian town 0.000%).
Nothing inside 5 km of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade’s homes has burned since 1986, and the nearest scar is 6.8 km off.
The nearer ring around Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade is less wooded (15% forest fuel) than the land out to 25 km (30%).
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
Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade burns at 0.001% a year, 136th of 514 towns in Quebec; the leader, Mistissini, reaches 0.31%.
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.
Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade is in the low band with 92% of Canada’s 2,610 towns; 7.5% sit in moderate or 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.
No flood study is listed for Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade
Flood studies whose area touches Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, from NRCan’s inventory, each linked to its owner.
NRCan’s inventory is silent on Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, so any flood map would be the municipality’s own.
Towns with a flood study on file
No study touches Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade; 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.
The grade leaves flood out, since a study area says nothing about how many of Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade’s homes are at risk.
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.”
High seismic risk in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade: $0.13 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.
The typical town loses $0.030 a year to shaking; Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade loses $0.13, 4.4 times as much.
Shaking damage a year per $1,000 of building value
Neither high nor low in Quebec: Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade’s $0.13 sits by the median of $0.14, while La Pocatière reaches $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.
Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade sits above most of Canada’s 2,611 towns on earthquake risk; 22% 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 Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade’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).
Radon runs low around Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade: 0% of tested homes over the guideline
Health Canada’s survey of long-term home tests: the share above the 200 Bq/m³ guideline.
A lower share than most: 0% of tested homes around Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, the typical Canadian town 6.6%.
Tested homes over 200 Bq/m³
Over 600 Bq/m³
Fewer homes top the guideline around Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade (0%) than in the typical town in Quebec (8.2%).
Health Canada radon survey (2009–2011), by 2007 health region; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade is in the lowest band, with 37% of Canada’s 2,611 towns: under 5% of tests over the guideline, while 63% 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 Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade 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 Mauricie et Centre-du-Quebec health region
Weather and fire alerts for Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade
Environment and Climate Change Canada issues the weather alerts for Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade; 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. |
For fires near Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, the national fire information system maps danger and active fires daily; local authorities give any evacuation order.
Weather alerts (ECCC) · Alert Ready · Fire danger and active fires (CWFIS)
How Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade’s neighbours compare on hazards
The same four hazards for the places next door.
| Town | Wildfire | Quake $/1,000 | Radon | Flood study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade | Low | $0.13 | 0% | None listed |
| Saint-Pierre-les-Becquets 1,172 · 9.9 km | Low | $0.13 | 0% | None listed |
| Batiscan 1,006 · 10 km | Low | $0.12 | 0% | Yes |
| Saint-Casimir 1,506 · 11 km | Low | $0.14 | 8.8% | Yes |
| Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan 1,137 · 14 km | Low | $0.13 | 0% | Yes |
| Saint-Stanislas 1,040 · 16 km | Low | $0.13 | 0% | Yes |
| Saint-Marc-des-Carrières 2,961 · 16 km | Low | $0.14 | 8.8% | None listed |
Sainte-Geneviève-de-Batiscan burns a little more than Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, in the same low band (low here).
Radon is the survey area’s figure, so neighbours in one area share it.
Get ready for what Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade faces
What to do about the hazards Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade 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.
- Drop, cover and hold on.
- Strap the water heater down.
- Keep 72 hours of supplies.
- Has it had a radon test?
- Ask the municipality for flood maps.
- Are flood and wildfire insured?
- Is earthquake cover included?
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade.
- Earthquakes are modelled. NRCan models what earthquakes would cost buildings each year on average, subdivision by subdivision; Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade’s figure is its subdivision’s.
- Radon is a survey. About 14,000 homes were tested across Canada in 2009–2011, and the share over the guideline for Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade is its health region’s, the survey’s design unit.
- Wildfire counts one way. Wildfire is read from the national burned-area record around Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade’s homes since 1986, a history of fire that may lower Risk but never raises it.
Questions about flooding and hazards in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade
Is Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade at risk of wildfire?
Fire has reached 0.1% of the land around Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade since 1986 (last in 2022); at low, it neither helps nor hurts the grade.
How is Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade’s Hazard risk grade is B+, built on earthquakes and radon with a one-sided wildfire input.
Does Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade flood?
With 0 studies on the inventory, Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade’s flood risk is unmapped nationally; check with the municipality before buying.
Is radon a problem in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade?
Around Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade, 58 survey homes were tested and 0% came in over 200 Bq/m³, a guide to the area, not to any one home.
How big is the earthquake risk in Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade?
About $0.13 a year per $1,000 of building value, NRCan’s long-run expectation for Sainte-Anne-de-la-Pérade.
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).