National Wildland Fire Situation Report

National Wildland Fire Situation Report

Archived reports

Current as of: May 30, 2025

• Data courtesy of the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC).
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Priority fires

Ontario- Manitoba Fire- Ingolf/Whiteshell Provincial Park EA0063 (KEN020) This wildfire is about 31,300 hectares in size in Ontario and 3,700 hectares in size in Manitoba. It remains out-of-control. A revised closure and mandatory evacuation order continues for Whiteshell Provincial Park, and over 900 members of the Wabaseemong community remain evacuated.

Bird River Fire/RM of Alexander EA0061 This fire is located about 1km from Bird River, is approximately 124,000 hectares in size, and is still out-of-control. Bird River residents and the Tanco Mine remain evacuated, and on May 30, a mandatory evacuation order was issued for the community of Bissett.

Flin Flon, Manitoba (Club Lake Fire in Creighton, SK) WE024 (25DB-CLUB) This wildfire is currently 38,000 hectares in size and out-of-control. Flin Flon, Creighton, Deschambault Lake, and Wayakwin have mandated full evacuation, and evacuation alerts have been issued for Bakers Narrows areas under Municipal and Northern Relations jurisdiction.

Edith Lake Wildfire, Alberta (SWF076) This wildfire is located about 7 km north of Swan Hills near Edith Lake. It is currently classified as out of control and about 17,573 hectares (ha) in size.

Interagency mobilization

Canada is at National Preparedness Level 5, indicating that there is full commitment of national resources and demand for interagency resources through the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center (CIFFC) is extreme. Since national availability of resources is limited, international resources are being mobilized.

Saskatchewan and Manitoba are at Agency Preparedness Level (APL) 5, Alberta is at level 4, Newfoundland and Labrador and Parks Canada are at level 3, Quebec and New Brunswick are at level 2, and Yukon and Nova Scotia are at level 1. At APL 5, agencies have extreme Fire Danger, anticipate extreme Fire Load in the next week, and do not have adequate resources to manage fires. At the time of this report, there are personnel, aircraft, and fire fighting equipment being mobilized through the CIFFC.

The United States is at preparedness level 2, indicating that wildland fire activity is increasing in a few geographic areas, but resources within most geographic areas are adequate, and there is little to moderate mobilization of resources occurring through the National Interagency Coordination Center (NIFC).

The number of fires is average for this time of year, but the area burned to date is significantly more than the 10-year average.

Weekly Synopsis

In British Columbia, there are Open Fire restrictions in Cariboo, Kamloops, and parts of Northwest, and Prince George.

In Alberta, there are fire bans and restrictions across the province, particularly in the central and southern regions.

On May 29, Saskatchewan declared a Provincial State of Emergency. There are fire bans and restrictions for central regions, extending from the western border to the eastern edge of the province. There is also a Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency (SPSA) Ban for all areas north of the provincial forest boundary.

On May 28, Manitoba declared a Provincial State of Emergency. A full fire ban is in place at all provincial parks across the province.

In Ontario, there are two Restricted Fire Zones (RFZ). Effective May 16, RFZ 2025-001 impacts a portion of the Northwest Region (zones 2, 3, 6, 7, and 8), and effective May 30th, RFZ 2025-002 impacts zones 4, 9, 10, and 11. No open air burning, including campfires, is permitted within the boundaries of a RRFZ, and all burning permits are suspended.

The Northwest Territories is currently prohibiting all open fires, including campfires, in the Hay River, 60th Parallel, Twin Falls, Lady Evelyn Falls, Fort Providence, Little Buffalo Crossing, Queen Elizabeth, Little Buffalo Falls Territorial Parks, Kakisa River and Fort Simpson Territorial Parks.

In Québec, open fires are banned in Bas-Saint-Laurent, Nord-du-Québec, Gaspésie-Îles-de-la-Madeleine, Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean, Capitale-Nationale, Mauricie, Outaouais, Abitibi-Témiscamingue, and Côte-Nord. Forestry operations have been suspended to prevent new fires.

Nova Scotia permits burning in all counties between 7:00pm and 8:00pm. Burning is not allowed before 7:00pm.

New Brunswick allows burning in Albert, Charlotte, Kings and Saint John. Other counties allow burning between 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. daily.

Prince Edward Island does not allow burning in any of its three counties.

Park Canada has fire bans in effect in The Riding Mountain and Prince Albert National Parks. Effective May 27, 2025, the following areas of the Prince Albert National Park are also closed due to extreme wildfire risk: all backcountry areas, Kingsmere Road west of Narrows Peninsula Trail, Elk Trail and the Valleyview network of trails, all Crean Lake including Crean Kitchen campground and day use area, excluding Hanging Heart Lakes.

There are several municipal fire bans in effect in Newfoundland and Labrador, but no provincial bans as on May 30. The province requires burning permits, but will suspend permits when fire hazard is high, very high or extreme for a region.

Yukon requires burning permits from April 1 to September 30, and institutes fire restrictions based on current fire danger ratings in different regions.

Prognosis

Weekly graphs (current as of: May 30, 2025)