CONSTRUCTION · MINOR
CONSTRUCTION
Utility work. Starting Mon Jun 1 until Mon Aug 31. Shoulder closed.
Official update: Jul 15, 2026, 6:21 p.m. UTC
FireRadar Highways · official status + environmental context
Highway 4 — Port Alberni to Tofino · Port Alberni → Tofino
DriveBC events and wildfire context on Vancouver Island's primary west-coast access corridor.
Official road report
INCIDENTS REPORTED
DriveBC · CURRENT
2 active matching DriveBC records are listed. None provides a route-wide open or closed statement; review the incidents before travel.
- Active incidents
- 2
- Retrieved
- Aug 20, 2026, 6:51 a.m. UTC
Active incidents & restrictions
CONSTRUCTION · MINOR
CONSTRUCTION
Road maintenance. Starting Mon Feb 12. Vehicles/loads over 3.2m in width must contact Permit Centre for instructions at 1-800-559-9688. Daytime travel restriction, must travel between 9pm-5am. Next update time Mon Mar 1, 2027 at 3:00 PM PDT.
Official update: Jul 15, 2026, 5:53 p.m. UTC
Live highway tools
Explore this corridor by question
Open a focused view for official road conditions, closures, incidents, cameras, weather, wildfire context, winter driving or travel alerts. These pages use this exact route scope and keep official travelability separate from environmental context.
Road conditions →
Current official road-state records, restrictions and source freshness for this highway scope, kept separate from FireRadar environmental context.
Closures →
Current official closure and restriction records for this highway scope, with direct authority verification and explicit unknown-state handling.
Incidents →
Current official incidents and travel disruptions affecting this highway scope, including source update times and affected-road context where supplied.
Cameras →
Latest supported official highway-camera images ordered along the corridor, with image freshness and no camera archive or false live-video claim.
Weather →
Environment Canada weather alerts, nearest available current conditions and short forecast context resolved around this highway corridor.
Wildfire →
Current direct-official wildfire proximity and FireRadar corridor assessment for this highway scope, kept separate from official road travelability.
Winter driving →
Official highway events, Environment Canada weather warnings and camera context for winter travel planning without inferring traction or safe travel.
Travel alerts →
Current road and weather alerts plus FireRadar account options for basic highway email alerts and the FireRadar Plus Highway Watch service.
Latest highway camera images
These are snapshots—not live video and not proof of travelability. FireRadar proxies only the latest image with short caching and keeps no camera archive.
Ucluelet-Tofino Highway - E
E · Latest image
Highway 4 at Ucluelet-Tofino Highway junction, looking east to Highway 4.
DriveBC →
Port Alberni Summit
W · Latest image
Highway 4 about 9 km east of Port Alberni, looking west.
DriveBC →
Ucluelet-Tofino Highway - N
N · Latest image
Highway 4 at Ucluelet-Tofino Highway junction, looking north.
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Kennedy Lake
W · Latest image
Highway 4 by Kennedy Lake, looking west.
DriveBC →
Taylor River - E
E · Latest image
Highway 4 about 37 km west of Port Alberni at turn off for Taylor River Rest Area, looking east.
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Taylor River - W
W · Latest image
Highway 4 about 37 km west of Port Alberni at turn off for Taylor River Rest Area, looking west.
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Tsuma-as Drive - E
E · Latest image
Highway 4 at Tsuma-as Drive near the Riverbend Bridge, looking east.
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Tsuma-as Drive - W
W · Latest image
Highway 4 at Tsuma-as Drive near the Riverbend Bridge, looking west.
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Ucluelet-Tofino Highway - S
S · Latest image
Highway 4 at Ucluelet-Tofino Highway junction, looking south towards Ucluelet.
DriveBC →
Camera registry: DriveBC · Retrieved Aug 20, 2026, 6:51 a.m. UTC · 9 matched
Route map & wildfire context
The highway is the orange route focus. Official fires, recent out fires, smoke and AQHI remain independently sourced layers. FireRadar does not convert them into a travel-safety claim.
Orange line: selected highway scope · Fire and smoke layers remain separate official/modelled datasets.
Official restriction context
Fire restrictions along Highway 4 — Port Alberni to Tofino · Port Alberni → Tofino
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Weather
Official alerts & forecast context
Check Environment Canada warnings and DriveBC. FireRadar does not infer visibility, snowfall or traction when an official field is absent.
Environment Canada warnings →Wildfire impact
Current corridor assessment
Below, FireRadar publishes a conservative current corridor assessment using direct-official wildfire information and available Environment Canada weather context. It is not a fire-spread forecast or travel-safety score.
View fire danger →Data freshness
Each source stands alone
Integrated road events revalidate every 5 minutes. Camera metadata revalidates every 6 hours; images use short-lived edge caching. An unavailable source stays unavailable—not zero.
FireRadar methodology →