British Columbia Smoke Map
View current and forecast wildfire smoke across British Columbia. FireRadar uses Environment and Climate Change Canada's FireWork model to show how near-surface wildfire smoke may move across BC over the coming hours and days.
Data status
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada FireWork
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Coverage: Modelled ground-level wildfire-smoke PM2.5 forecast. This is not an AQHI observation, a station measurement or proof that a specific fire caused local smoke.
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- Usually updated twice a day
Publication times describe the published forecast, not a new source check or page-render time.
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British Columbia smoke forecast
The map uses the same FireWork forecast product as FireRadar's national smoke page. This province route adds a British Columbia-focused starting view and regional interpretation without clipping the underlying smoke field at the boundary.
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FireRadar's animated map update is delayed. This page is showing the latest available ECCC FireWork forecast.
How smoke can behave across British Columbia
British Columbia's mountains, interior plateaus and deep valleys can create sharp local differences in smoke. Interior smoke can remain concentrated in valleys while coastal inflow, outflow winds and cross-border transport can move smoke between the Interior, Lower Mainland, Vancouver Island, Washington and the wider Pacific Northwest. The forecast should be read as a continuous regional field rather than as a province-wide average.
Forecast field versus local observations
AQHI and other air-quality observations are point measurements, and monitoring coverage is not uniform across British Columbia. Larger population centres may have nearby observations while rural, mountain and remote areas can be farther from a reporting location. A modelled plume over a community should therefore be compared with the nearest current observations and official health guidance where available.
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Start with the province view
The map opens centred on British Columbia at a zoom chosen to show most or all of the jurisdiction without clipping the smoke layer.
Play or step through time
Use the smoke timeline to move through hourly forecast frames and watch how the model expects the smoke field to change.
Compare, then verify
Pan beyond the boundary to follow transported smoke, then compare the forecast with nearby observations, local advisories and official health information.
Smoke data and methodology
Every provincial and territorial smoke page uses Environment and Climate Change Canada's FireWork forecast. The forecast covers Canada rather than stopping at provincial boundaries, and FireRadar does not attribute a modelled plume to a specific wildfire without source support.
Forecast limitations
FireWork is model output and can differ from actual local smoke because emissions, weather, terrain, and timing change. FireRadar is informational and does not replace AQHI, local monitoring, health advice, smoke advisories, or emergency authorities.