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Nova Scotia wildfire services
Official location records come from Nova Scotia public wildfire data. Satellite hotspots remain a separate optional layer and are not confirmed incidents.
Season-to-date · NS
Nova Scotia Wildfire Activity — 2026
What FireRadar recorded from Nova Scotia wildfire services 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
0
Oct 2, 2026
Peak observed active fires
3
Jul 20, 2026
Unique fires recorded
115
75 days recorded
First observed during coverage
10
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
0
Oct 2, 2026
Days recorded
1
Daily points for Nova Scotia
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 Nova Scotia currently begin Oct 2, 2026.
| Date | Active official fires |
|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0 |
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
2
Reported-size changes
0
Official perimeter revisions
0
Largest per-fire max reported size
1,700 ha
Median per-fire max reported size
0 ha
Per-fire maximum source-reported incident size observed by FireRadar; not cumulative hectares burned.
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