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2025 Quebec Wildfire History

SOPFEU described 2025 as an atypical season, with 527 forest fires fought in the Intensive Protection Zone and 1,313.7 hectares burned there. A notably large share of activity occurred late in the season, with about 70% of fires occurring from August through October.

Intensive-zone fires
527
Intensive-zone area
1,313.7 ha
Late-season share
~70%

Fires from August through October

Season context

What stands out about 2025

The season's timing was unusual, with substantial activity extending into autumn.

Human activity caused 87% of the fires reported in SOPFEU's 2025 review.

Low intensive-zone area burned does not describe smoke arriving from fires outside that zone or outside Quebec.

Official source

SOPFEU — 2025 season review. Official SOPFEU season statistics with protection-zone context.

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What this page does not claim

This is not a reconstructed live map of every moment in 2025, not proof of a fire’s status on a particular day, and not a substitute for agency incident archives. FireRadar’s interactive retained-history product begins with its own observation window and remains clearly separate.

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