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Wildfires in Canada
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 05:23 UTC
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Regions
- Alberta1 fire
- British Columbia23 fires
- Manitoba26 fires
- New Brunswick1 fire
- Newfoundland and Labrador1 fire
- Northwest Territories2 fires
- Nova Scotiano fires now
- Nunavutno fires now
- Ontario18 fires
- Prince Edward Islandno fires now
- Quebec9 fires
- Saskatchewan4 fires
- Yukon1 fire
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Fire history, 2012–2025
Detected · VIIRS S-NPP 375 m · 0.01° cells (~1.1 km) · complete years 2012–2025 · built 2026-09-21
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 728,470 km² of Canada at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 57,580 km², ranking 37th of 200 countries.
Year by year
Detected area per year, km². Area of 0.01° cells with at least one detection in the year.
The busiest year was 2023, with 184,760 km² detected; the quietest was 2020, with 14,280 km². The 2021–2025 average is 89% higher than the 2012–2016 average.
Through the year
Share of all fire-days 2012–2025 by month. A fire-day is one cell with a detection on one day.
June, July and August together hold 74% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 23 September 2023, with detections in 18,564 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 728,470 km² with at least one detection, 1.0% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 664,130 | 91% |
| 2 years | 57,120 | 7.8% |
| 3 to 5 years | 6,540 | 0.9% |
| 6 to 10 years | 458 | 0.1% |
| 11 years or more | 228 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 43.25, -79.75 and holds 0.6% of the country's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 32,110 | 80,662 |
| 2013 | 55,570 | 135,988 |
| 2014 | 60,150 | 201,593 |
| 2015 | 57,430 | 137,644 |
| 2016 | 26,060 | 57,269 |
| 2017 | 53,420 | 165,123 |
| 2018 | 40,260 | 119,272 |
| 2019 | 29,140 | 75,904 |
| 2020 | 14,280 | 28,210 |
| 2021 | 59,040 | 161,961 |
| 2022 | 25,070 | 72,143 |
| 2023 | 184,760 | 600,334 |
| 2024 | 66,310 | 236,992 |
| 2025 | 102,450 | 314,810 |
Nearby countries
- Mexico139,170 km² in an average year
- United States133,530 km² in an average year
- Honduras25,150 km² in an average year
- Nicaragua20,510 km² in an average year
- Guatemala19,060 km² in an average year
- Cuba16,030 km² in an average year
- How these figures are madeDetected area, cells, and the single-satellite record.
Detected area counts every 0.01° cell with at least one VIIRS detection, so a small fire counts as a whole cell and a fire missed by cloud or between passes is absent. Borders: Natural Earth 1:10m. 2012 begins on 20 January.
Nearby countries
- United States636 km
What sits behind each of these fires
Attached to every fire in the list above, and redrawn hourly.
