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Wildfires in Newfoundland and Labrador
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-12 06:20 UTC
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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 2026-09-23
Between 2012 and 2025, VIIRS detected fire in 3,820 km² of Newfoundland and Labrador at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 276 km², ranking 9th of 13 regions of Canada.
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 2012, with 1,610 km² detected; the quietest was 2019, with 16 km². The 2021–2025 average is 70% lower 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 91% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 13 June 2012, with detections in 464 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 3,820 km² with at least one detection, 0.2% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 3,790 | 99% |
| 2 years | 13 | 0.3% |
| 3 to 5 years | 4.7 | 0.1% |
| 6 to 10 years | 3.0 | 0.1% |
| 11 years or more | 0.8 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 54.25, -61.25 and holds 10% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 1,610 | 2,807 |
| 2013 | 860 | 1,391 |
| 2014 | 237 | 441 |
| 2015 | 69 | 188 |
| 2016 | 115 | 234 |
| 2017 | 25 | 99 |
| 2018 | 24 | 95 |
| 2019 | 16 | 113 |
| 2020 | 60 | 91 |
| 2021 | 23 | 32 |
| 2022 | 52 | 69 |
| 2023 | 229 | 391 |
| 2024 | 299 | 475 |
| 2025 | 254 | 750 |
Other regions of Canada
- British Columbia11,620 km² in an average year
- Northwest Territories10,790 km² in an average year
- Saskatchewan10,300 km² in an average year
- Alberta8,430 km² in an average year
- Manitoba6,670 km² in an average year
- Quebec4,640 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 regions
- New Brunswick1,062 km
- Nova Scotia1,202 km
- Quebec1,272 km