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Ontario Wildfire Activity — 2026

What FireRadar recorded from Ontario Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency 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

Incident authority
Ontario Aviation, Forest Fire and Emergency Services

Official active and new fire markers come from Ontario AFFES/LIO data. Marker data is informational and may not represent an exact perimeter.

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
26
Oct 2, 2026
Peak observed active fires
190
Jul 20, 2026
Unique fires recorded
368
75 days recorded
First observed during coverage
207
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
26
Oct 2, 2026
Days recorded
1
Daily points for Ontario
Change in continuous run
Building
Continuous run starts Oct 2, 2026; a second consecutive day of data is needed.
Oct 2, 2026: 26Sep 3, 2026Oct 2, 202626
Selected window: Sep 3, 2026 to Oct 2, 2026. Daily records for Ontario currently begin Oct 2, 2026.
Active official fires daily data for Ontario
DateActive official fires
Oct 2, 202626

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
314
Reported-size changes
160
Official perimeter revisions
842
Largest per-fire max reported size
318,813 ha
Median per-fire max reported size
2 ha

Per-fire maximum source-reported incident size observed by FireRadar; not cumulative hectares burned.

Source classifications

Latest reported cause for each fire

LIGHTNING294
HUMAN14
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