National Wildland Fire Situation Report

National Wildland Fire Situation Report

Archived reports

Current as of: August 13, 2025

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

Newfoundland and Labrador: Kingston (Adam’s Cove area) – the fire is estimated 6,370 hectares in size and is currently listed as out of control.

Martin Lake – the fire is estimated 290 hectares in size and is currently listed as out of control.

Paddy’s Pond (near Town of Paradise) – the fire is estimated 212 hectares in size and is currently listed as out of control.

New Brunswick: Old Field (208) is estimated 1,120 hectares in size and is currently listed as out of control.

Pit Fire (115) is estimated 45 hectares in size and is currently listed as out of control.

Nova Scotia: Bayers Lake (west of Halifax) is estimated 25 hectares in size and is currently listed as out of control.

Manitoba: NO026 (near Leaf Rapids) is estimated 73,540 hectares in size and is currently listed as out of control.

NO042 (SW of Lynn Lake) is estimated 21,725 hectares in size and is currently listed as holding

Saskatchewan: 25LF – SHOE (Lower Fish Lake) – the fire is estimated 565,701 hectares in size and is currently listed as not contained.

25LA-PISEW (West of La Ronge) – the fire is estimated 220,066 hectares in size and is currently listed as not contained.

25WY – DITCH02 (North of Weyakwin) is estimated 193,857 hectares in size and is currently listed as not contained.

25LX-MUSKEG (North of La Plonge Indian Reserve and Beauval) is estimated 346,171 hectares in size and is currently listed as not contained.

25LX-TRAIL (West of Beauval) is estimated 56,442 hectares in size and is currently listed as not contained.

25BN-PARK (near Clearwater River Provincial Park) is estimated 67,797 hectares in size and is currently listed as not contained.

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 is at Agency Preparedness Level (APL) 5, Manitoba, Newfoundland/Labrador and New Brunswick are at level 4, British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Nova Scotia, and Parks Canada are at Level 3, and all other agencies at 2 or lower. 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 4, indicating shared resources are heavily committed, and national trends affect all geographic areas.

The number of fires is about average for this time of year, but the area burned to date is significantly more than the 10-year average. There were 83 number of fires started by lightning over the last week.

Weekly Synopsis

In British Columbia, there are Category 2 and 3 Open Fire restrictions across all regions, and campfire bans in the Coastal region.

In Alberta, there are fire bans, restrictions and advisories in Wood Buffalo National park, in the east central region, and in the foothill areas of the province.

In Saskatchewan, there are fire bans and restrictions the central and northern regions of the province, as well as in the southwest region.

In Manitoba, there are municipal fire restrictions in place around Thompson, east and south of Flin Flon, and throughout the southern areas of the province. The province remains under a state of emergency.

In New Brunswick there all Crown land in the province will close due to an extreme wildfire hazard. The restrictions on Crown land include?hiking, camping, fishing and the use of vehicles in the woods are not permitted?trail systems through woods are off limits?camping is allowed only in campgrounds

In Nova Scotia a provincewide burn ban is in effect through proclamation under the Forests Act. No open fires allowed. Travel and activities in woods are restricted. Hiking, camping, fishing and the use of vehicles in the woods are not permitted, trail systems through woods are off limits and camping is allowed only in campgrounds.

In Prince Edward Island has issued a fire closure order that bans all fires including campfires, until further notice. The ban on campfires and bonfires includes fires on private property as well at provincial parks and campgrounds. Domestic brush burning is banned, and permits are now revoked for industrial and agricultural burns regardless of weather conditions.

In Newfoundland and Labrador, a province-wide fire ban is now in effect in Newfoundland and Labrador. This ban will be in place until at least September 7. The Minister of Justice and Public Safety has declared a Regional State of Emergency for the Town of Conception Bay South, the Town of Paradise and the areas known as Galway and Paradise within the City of St. John’s, effective August 12, 2025.

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.

There are no burning restrictions in Northwest Territories, Ontario, Québec.

Prognosis

Mainly warm, dry conditions persist in Atlantic Canada and southern BC through August 15. Thunderstorm activity in parts of Atlantic Canda will give the risk for new ignitions. Rain incoming for the Pacific coast over the weekend. Showery/rainy conditions persist for the middle of the country. Fire Weather indices improve somewhat over BC over the weekend. Atlantic Canada will remain dry into early next week.

A series of low-pressure systems will track across the northern prairies in the early part of the week. This will give generally showery conditions and some thunderstorms. In the southern prairies storms are likely to be fast moving and give only 5-10mm of rain. Further north, in the system rain up to 25mm is possible Wednesday to Thursday over the central prairies.

August 13 a significant line of thunderstorms is moving through Quebec into Labrador as well as New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. Given the ongoing lightning activity, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia pose a significant risk for new lightning ignitions.

The Yukon, far northern BC and NWT will see a mix of light rain, rain showers and chances of thundershowers through the middle of the week.

Late August 14, the ridge over Atlantic Canada begins to break down. As this occurs, a cold front will sweep through New Brunswick and Nova Scotia early August 15. This front is likely to bring fast-moving thunderstorm activity and gusty winds. At this time, the most significant thunderstorm activity will be over New Brunswick, with the interior of Nova Scotia also likely to have a few storms. Thunderstorms will also impact the west coast of Newfoundland (a few storms may continue into central Newfoundland) during the late morning. Some significant winds in the 40 gusting to 60km/h range from the northwest will impact much of the province.

Over the weekend a low-pressure system will impact the Pacific coast and give rain to much of British Columbia. This is likely to be accompanied by some mild thunderstorms, though the rain is likely sufficient to limit any new ignitions.

Weekly graphs (current as of: August 13, 2025)