Incident authority
Government of the Northwest Territories Environment and Climate Change
GNWT fire-detail pages are the source of truth. Matched geometry is placement context and may not be an exact perimeter.
Season-to-date · NT
Northwest Territories Wildfire Activity — 2026
What FireRadar recorded from Government of the Northwest Territories Environment and Climate Change during 2026. The page shows daily history, reported-size changes, status changes, perimeter revisions and FireRadar's coverage dates separately.
Original sources
Where this history comes from
FireRadar archive
Jul 20, 2026 → Oct 2, 2026
Only observations within these dates are counted. FireRadar uses saved incident records to fill some early daily gaps; Natural Resources Canada records and satellite hotspots remain excluded.
Kept separate
CWFIS records · NASA FIRMS hotspots
Natural Resources Canada records and satellite detections are not added to provincial wildfire history.
Current active official fires
8
Oct 2, 2026
Peak observed active fires
220
Aug 25, 2026
Unique fires recorded
251
75 days recorded
First observed during coverage
40
Fires first seen by FireRadar during the dates shown
Interactive daily timeline
FireRadar wildfire activity over time
FireRadar's daily observation history begins Aug. 8, 2026 and grows from there. Each point records official wildfire information available that day; current-day data is included immediately.
Latest
8
Oct 2, 2026
Days recorded
1
Daily points for Northwest Territories
Change in continuous run
Building
Continuous run starts Oct 2, 2026; a second consecutive day of data is needed.
Selected window: Sep 3, 2026 to Oct 2, 2026. Daily records for Northwest Territories currently begin Oct 2, 2026.
| Date | Active official fires |
|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 8 |
Reported active hectares sums usable sizes for currently active official records. It is not cumulative annual area burned and should not be used as a substitute for an official burned-area statistic.
Incident change history
What changed during FireRadar's observed window
Status transitions
16
Reported-size changes
143
Official perimeter revisions
0
Largest per-fire max reported size
297,400 ha
Median per-fire max reported size
265 ha
Per-fire maximum source-reported incident size observed by FireRadar; not cumulative hectares burned.
Source classifications
Latest reported cause for each fire
Natural, Lightning201
Natural47
Natural, Holdover1
Human Caused, Unknown1
Human Caused, Camp Fire Abandoned1
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