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Wildfires in Nova Scotia
Detected · VIIRS 375 m · Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, NOAA-21 · last 24 hours · updated 2026-10-11 07:28 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 933 km² of Nova Scotia at least once. In an average year it detected fire in 74 km², ranking 11th 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 2023, with 288 km² detected; the quietest was 2024, with 22 km². The 2021–2025 average is 57% 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.
April, May and June together hold 54% of the fire-days in the record. The single busiest day was 29 May 2023, with detections in 144 cells.
Ground that burns again
Of the 933 km² with at least one detection, 1.9% had detections in three or more different years.
| Years with a detection | km² | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | 866 | 93% |
| 2 years | 49 | 5.3% |
| 3 to 5 years | 16 | 1.7% |
| 6 to 10 years | 1.7 | 0.2% |
| 11 years or more | 0.0 | 0.0% |
The half-degree square with the most fire-days is centred at 43.75, -65.25 and holds 18% of the region's fire-days.
The figures
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| Year | Detected km² | Fire-days |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 107 | 136 |
| 2013 | 69 | 90 |
| 2014 | 38 | 49 |
| 2015 | 51 | 81 |
| 2016 | 67 | 102 |
| 2017 | 45 | 63 |
| 2018 | 44 | 56 |
| 2019 | 36 | 56 |
| 2020 | 51 | 64 |
| 2021 | 32 | 37 |
| 2022 | 54 | 65 |
| 2023 | 288 | 522 |
| 2024 | 22 | 26 |
| 2025 | 127 | 310 |
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 Brunswick184 km
- Massachusetts, United States500 km
- Quebec669 km
- New York, United States710 km
- New Jersey, United States811 km
- Delaware, United States977 km