National Wildland Fire Situation Report

National Wildland Fire Situation Report

Archived reports

Current as of: July 9, 2025

• Data courtesy of the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC).
• Check the Air Quality Health Index for air quality in your area.

Priority fires

Lower Fishing Lake Fire, Saskatchewan 25LF-SHOE This wildfire was reported on May 7, 2025, and is still out-of-control. It is approximately 555,359 hectares in size. As of July 9, Narrow Hills Provincial Park and the East Trout-Nipekamew Lakes Recreation Site remain closed due to wildfire activity.

Bird River Fire, Manitoba EA061 This wildfire is located near Bissett and Bird River. It is approximately 234,390 hectares in size and remains out-of-control. As of July 9, a closure and mandatory evacuation order continues for parts of Nopiming, Wallace Lake, and South Atikaki Provincial Parks.

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.

Manitoba and Saskatchewan are at Agency Preparedness Level (APL) 5, Yukon and Northwest Territories are at level 4, British Columbia, Alberta and Ontario are at level 3, Newfoundland and Labrador and Parks Canada are at level 2, and Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island 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 domestic and international personnel, aircraft, and fire fighting equipment being mobilized through CIFFC and compact agreements.

The United States is at preparedness level 3, indicating that significant wildland fire activity is occurring in multiple geographic areas, and there is moderate to heavy mobilization of resources through the National Interagency Coordination Center to sustain incident management operations in active Geographic Areas.

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, Coastal, Kamloops, Southeast, Prince George, and Northwest.

In Alberta, fire bans, restrictions and advisories are concentrated in the east-central to southern regions and western regions, around Grande Prairie.

In Saskatchewan, there are fire bans and restrictions in the Candle Lake, Hazlet, Golden Prairie, Consul, Val Marie, and Limerick regions. There are also bans and restrictions around Loon Lake, Frenchman Butte and Wilton.

In Manitoba, fire restrictions have been lifted in all areas.

There are currently no Restricted Fire Zones (RFZ) in Ontario.

In the Northwest Territories campfires are not permitted at the Hay River Territorial Park, Fort Simpson Territorial Park, Fred Henne Territorial Park, and Yellowknife River Territorial Park Day Use Area.

Nova Scotia permits burning between 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. in Annapolis, Antigonish, Cape Breton, Colchester, Cumberland, Digby, Halifax, Hants, Inverness, Lunenburg, Pictou, Queens, and Victoria. Burning is allowed between 2:00 pm and 8:00 am in all other counties.

All counties of New Brunswick are open to burning from 2:00 p.m. July 9 to 2:00 p.m. July 10.

In Prince Edward Island, burning is permitted in all counties only between 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.

Park Canada has a fire ban in effect in Grasslands National Park. Beginning July 9, 10 a.m., there is also a partial fire ban in Kejimkujik National Park. The recreational fire ban in Wood Buffalo National Park has been lifted.

Newfoundland and Labrador 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. At the time of this report, normal burning restrictions apply across the territory. Permission is required to burn organic materials and all municipal burning rules must be followed.

There are no burning restrictions in Québec.

Prognosis

A low-pressure system is currently strengthening over Great Slave Lake. This system will bring some rain to southern Northwest Territories, southeast Yukon, northern British Columbia and Alberta. 10mm to 30mm of rain are possible, but the system will quickly move east of northeast, reducing expected amounts. In the northern parts of Yukon and Northwest Territories with fire activity, temperatures will decrease substantially, and periods of snow and freezing rain are possible.

Significant convection is expected across the country in the coming days. Between July 9 and July 10, thunderstorms are likely in Ontario, Quebec, and Labrador. Southern British Columbia will also have substantial thunderstorm activity on July 9 and July 10.

Significant convection is expected over the eastern prairies, specifically southern Manitoba, on July 11. High flash rates are also anticipated, and erratic winds are likely as thunderstorms dissipate. Daily thunderstorm activity is also expected over high terrains of the Rockies as well as Yukon and Northwest Territories.

Central and northern British Columbia are currently receiving an influx of precipitation driven by multiple Pacific weather systems hitting the coast. Throughout the week large portions of central and northern British Columbia will receive up to 50mm of rain. However, east of the Rockies, a much smaller amount of rain will fall (5-10mm). Given the precipitation and associated increase in humidity, much of British Columbia will have low Fire Weather indices. The notable exceptions remain in the southern interior and far northeast part of the province.

A drier week is in store for eastern Ontario and much of Quebec and Labrador. Given the lack of moisture, the Duff Moisture Code and Buildup Index will begin to increase to moderate values. Additionally, the Initial Spread Index will be high given the windy conditions driven by a low-pressure system moving across Hudson Bay.

Weekly graphs (current as of: July 9, 2025)