Current regional smoke forecast context
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Open province smoke forecast →Track official wildfire activity and smoke across the North Slave region, including Yellowknife, Great Slave Lake approaches, remote roads, and surrounding boreal landscapes.
Use the regional view to understand official incident geography across multiple communities, then compare forecast smoke and measured AQHI before drawing conclusions about local air quality.
This region uses an approximate FireRadar boundary and wildfire locations published by the source. It is not an emergency boundary, predicted spread area or municipal boundary.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada FireWork
Checking the latest official ECCC FireWork forecast status. Model issuance, forecast coverage and source status will appear when confirmed. Missing forecast data does not mean the air is clear.
Coverage: This is a regional forecast, not a local measurement. Smoke conditions can vary across North Slave.
View official source →Source and FireRadar check times may differ. Page preparation is separate from this live status check.
Checking the latest official ECCC AQHI observation. The value, reporting location and observation time will appear when confirmed. Missing data does not mean the air is clean or the health risk is low.
Open the AQHI observation map →The dashed outline is FireRadar's curated regional counting extent. Incident points, smoke forecasts, and AQHI observations are separate datasets and should not be interpreted as evacuation boundaries or fire-spread predictions. FireRadar regional extents may overlap near transition areas. Regional totals are useful local summaries and must not be added together to produce a province total.
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Open province smoke forecast →Loading nearby AQHI observations…
Stations can be far from rural or remote parts of a region. The nearest observation may not represent conditions everywhere inside the regional boundary.
Open province air-quality map →North Slave wildfire conditions can involve Yellowknife, nearby Indigenous communities, remote highways, lakes, aviation routes, utilities, and vast boreal areas with limited alternate transportation. A regional page gives users a broader view of incidents and smoke while official territorial and community authorities remain the source for emergency instructions.
No active wildfires are currently shown in this region. This does not guarantee local safety or replace official emergency information.
Examples from the completed 2026-10-01 to 2026-10-02 comparison. See the provincial report for the full list.
No changes are shown here. See the provincial report for the complete list.
Use FireRadar's ECCC FireWork smoke forecast to see modelled smoke movement across and beyond North Slave. Forecast smoke is not proof that a nearby wildfire is the source of local smoke.
AQHI and observed PM2.5 provide measured air-quality context and remain distinct from FireWork forecast smoke. Station coverage varies across a region, especially in rural and remote areas.
Northwest Territories air quality map →GNWT fire-detail pages are the source of truth. Matched geometry is placement context and may not be an exact perimeter.
FireRadar does not issue evacuation orders, emergency notices, road closures, or fire-spread predictions. Follow provincial, municipal, Indigenous, and emergency authorities for current instructions.
Open Government of the Northwest Territories Environment and Climate Change →