Incident authority
SOPFEU
Official incident information comes from SOPFEU. FireRadar uses consistent display labels for public status and cause terms while leaving missing fields unavailable.
Season-to-date · QC
Quebec Wildfire Activity — 2026
What FireRadar recorded from SOPFEU 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
2
Oct 2, 2026
Peak observed active fires
137
Jul 20, 2026
Unique fires recorded
690
75 days recorded
First observed during coverage
73
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
2
Oct 2, 2026
Days recorded
1
Daily points for Quebec
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 Quebec currently begin Oct 2, 2026.
| Date | Active official fires |
|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 2 |
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
200
Reported-size changes
211
Official perimeter revisions
172,263
Largest per-fire max reported size
111,040 ha
Median per-fire max reported size
1 ha
Per-fire maximum source-reported incident size observed by FireRadar; not cumulative hectares burned.
Source classifications
Latest reported cause for each fire
Natural / lightning375
Residents130
Recreation92
Industrial operations33
Miscellaneous31
Forestry operations15
Arson7
To be determined4
Railway3
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