Photo: Joe Mabel (on Flickr as Joe Mabel from Seattle, US) · CC BY-SA 3.0Around Fort Qu'Appelle, 25% of tested homes have radon above the guideline
The national fire record shows next to nothing around Fort Qu'Appelle, 0% of the land within 25 km since 1986 (0.000% a year). Earthquakes matter little: NRCan’s model puts building losses at $0.005 a year per $1,000 of value, against $0.030 for the typical town. Hazard risk gives Fort Qu'Appelle a grade of B, from earthquakes and radon alone.
What stands out about Fort Qu'Appelle’s hazards
For Fort Qu'Appelle, from NRCan’s seismic model, Health Canada’s radon survey, the national burned-area record and the flood map inventory.
What Fort Qu'Appelle faces
Each hazard against its own yardstick; meters run from low to high on that yardstick.
Wildfire
Earthquakes
Radon
Flood study
Hazard risk in Fort Qu'Appelle: B
Risk averages earthquakes and radon; wildfire joins only where it pulls the average down, so a town like Fort Qu'Appelle 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 burned-area record misses fires under about 10 ha and most grass and farm fires.
Few fires near Fort Qu'Appelle: 0% within 5 km, 0% within 25 km
Fires mapped since 1986 around where Fort Qu'Appelle’s residents live, and the fuel next to their homes.
Fort Qu'Appelle burns at 0.000% a year, low against 0.000% for the typical Canadian town.
Around Fort Qu'Appelle the forest is thin or far off: 0.1% of the land within 5 km and 0% 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 Saskatchewan · highest of 105
Of the 105 towns in Saskatchewan, 55 have a burn rate that rounds to zero, Fort Qu'Appelle among them; La Loche leads at 1.94% a year.
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.
92% of Canada’s 2,610 towns are in the low band and 7.5% above it; Fort Qu'Appelle is among the many where the yearly burn rate 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.
Fort Qu'Appelle is on the flood map inventory: 1 study, by Water Security Agency
Flood studies whose area touches Fort Qu'Appelle, from NRCan’s inventory, each linked to its owner.
For Fort Qu'Appelle the inventory points to Water Security Agency’s 1990 study, whose map is the one to check.
| Study | By | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Qu'Appelle | Water Security Agency | 1990 | final |
Towns with a flood study on file
Fort Qu'Appelle is one of the 55% of towns in Saskatchewan with a flood study on file, fewer than Canada’s 58%.
NRCan Canada Flood Map Inventory: a study footprint touching the town’s boundary; towns of 2,500 people or more.
Flood mapping is shown for Fort Qu'Appelle to be opened and checked, never turned into a grade.
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.
Low seismic risk in Fort Qu'Appelle: $0.005 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.
0.2 times the typical $0.030: Fort Qu'Appelle’s $0.005 is low for Canada.
Shaking damage a year per $1,000 of building value
Typical for its province: Fort Qu'Appelle at $0.005 beside a median in Saskatchewan of $0.006, with Weyburn on top at $0.033.
NRCan seismic risk model (2022): mean yearly building loss per $1,000 of value; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
At the bottom of Canada’s range, Fort Qu'Appelle has 96% of the 2,611 towns above it.
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 Fort Qu'Appelle 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).
Test for radon in Fort Qu'Appelle: 25% of area homes were over the guideline
Health Canada’s survey of long-term home tests: the share above the 200 Bq/m³ guideline. · Area-wide: radon tests, counted over the Regina Qu'Appelle RHA
Fort Qu'Appelle’s survey area reads 25% over the guideline, well past the typical Canadian town’s 6.6%.
Tested homes over 200 Bq/m³
Over 600 Bq/m³
More homes top the guideline around Fort Qu'Appelle (25%) than in the typical town in Saskatchewan (9.1%); 4.3% went over 600.
Health Canada radon survey (2009–2011), by 2007 health region; medians of towns of 2,500 people or more.
Fort Qu'Appelle is in the 20–30% band, which holds only 3.1% of Canada’s 2,611 towns; 1.5% are higher.
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 Fort Qu'Appelle, 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 Fort Qu'Appelle
Alerts for Fort Qu'Appelle 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. |
Evacuation orders for Fort Qu'Appelle come from the municipality or the province, while CWFIS maps fire danger every day.
Weather alerts (ECCC) · Alert Ready · Fire danger and active fires (CWFIS)
Hazards in the places around Fort Qu'Appelle
The same four hazards for the places next door.
| Town | Wildfire | Quake $/1,000 | Radon | Flood study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Qu'Appelle | Low | $0.005 | 25% | Yes |
| North Qu'Appelle No. 187 1,044 · 6.8 km | Low | $0.007 | 25% | Yes |
Among its neighbours Fort Qu'Appelle has the most fire on record (low); North Qu'Appelle No. 187 follows (low).
Radon is the survey area’s figure, so neighbours in one area share it.
Get ready for what Fort Qu'Appelle faces
What to do about the hazards Fort Qu'Appelle 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?
- Check the address on the flood map.
- Are flood and wildfire insured?
What this data can and can’t tell you
- 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 Fort Qu'Appelle.
- Earthquakes are modelled. The earthquake figure is an expected loss, not a forecast, worked out by NRCan for each census subdivision, Fort Qu'Appelle’s included.
- Radon is a survey. Health Canada’s survey tested some 14,000 homes over three months; until postal-area boundaries are loaded, Fort Qu'Appelle takes its 2007 health region’s share.
- Wildfire counts one way. Burned land within 25 km of where people live, averaged over 1986–2025 and checked for fuel near homes, is the measure; it looks back, not ahead, and only ever counts against Fort Qu'Appelle.
Questions about flooding and hazards in Fort Qu'Appelle
Is Fort Qu'Appelle at risk of wildfire?
Hardly at all on record: 0% of the land within 25 km of Fort Qu'Appelle since 1986, a low band, though small grass fires aren’t mapped.
Does Fort Qu'Appelle flood?
The inventory lists a study touching Fort Qu'Appelle; whether a given street floods is on that map, not in the grade.
Is radon a problem in Fort Qu'Appelle?
Around Fort Qu'Appelle, 94 survey homes were tested and 25% came in over 200 Bq/m³, a guide to the area, not to any one home.
How is Fort Qu'Appelle’s Hazard risk Grade worked out?
Fort Qu'Appelle’s Hazard risk grade is B, built on earthquakes and radon with a one-sided wildfire input.
How big is the earthquake risk in Fort Qu'Appelle?
About $0.005 a year per $1,000 of building value, NRCan’s long-run expectation for Fort Qu'Appelle.
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).