Victoria Wildfire Smoke Map
Follow modelled wildfire smoke around Victoria, the Saanich Peninsula, southern Vancouver Island, and the Salish Sea with FireRadar's hourly FireWork forecast.
How to read smoke around Victoria
Victoria can receive smoke from Vancouver Island fires, mainland British Columbia, Washington, Oregon, or much longer-range sources even when no major wildfire is nearby. Coastal wind shifts, the Strait of Juan de Fuca, and marine air can rapidly change where a regional plume reaches the surface, so the forecast is best used as regional guidance alongside current observations rather than as a neighbourhood-level smoke measurement.
Forecast, not a measurement
FireWork estimates near-surface PM2.5 attributable to wildfire smoke. It can differ from actual conditions around Victoria because emissions, wind, terrain, mixing, precipitation, and model timing change. Use current AQHI observations and local health advisories when conditions matter to health.
A focused starting view, not a clipped dataset
This page starts the national FireRadar layer around Victoria. The underlying FireWork smoke field is not clipped to municipal boundaries, so nearby conditions remain visible as you pan or zoom. FireRadar does not infer a uniform value inside a city boundary.
Health and safety limitation
FireRadar is an informational environmental map. Follow Environment and Climate Change Canada, provincial health agencies, local public-health guidance, and emergency authorities for health or safety decisions. This page does not diagnose exposure, determine whether outdoor activity is safe, or predict individual health effects.
Related Victoria wildfire context
Smoke and air quality can change even when no confirmed wildfire is close to Victoria. Use the local wildfire page for current official incidents, the fire-danger page for broad fire-weather context, and the province view when you need a wider regional picture.