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Northern Saskatchewan wildfire map & smoke conditions
Track official wildfires and smoke across Northern Saskatchewan, including La Ronge, Meadow Lake, La Loche, Buffalo Narrows, Île-à-la-Crosse, and surrounding boreal areas.
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.
Current official data
Current wildfires in Northern Saskatchewan
Latest source update: Oct 2, 2026, 7:27 a.m. PDT
Active official fires
10
Saskatchewan wildfire records within the FireRadar region.
Out of control
0
Current active records whose official status is out/not under control.
Reported active hectares
34,525 ha
10 active regional records report a usable size.
Largest reported active fire
23,085 ha
26DB-MADDEN
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.
Smoke forecast for Northern Saskatchewan
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 Northern Saskatchewan.
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Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada FireWork.
AQHI observation
Latest AQHI near Northern Saskatchewan
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 →Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada.
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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.
Measured air quality · AQHI
Nearest current AQHI observations
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Stations can be far from rural or remote parts of a region. The nearest observation may not represent conditions everywhere inside the regional boundary.
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Wildfire context across Northern Saskatchewan
Northern Saskatchewan covers immense boreal forest and lake country with Indigenous and northern communities, resource operations, remote highways, aviation-dependent areas, and limited alternate routes. Fires can affect communities and smoke across very large distances, so a regional map is useful without implying that conditions are uniform throughout the north.
Current official incidents
Active official wildfires in Northern Saskatchewan
26DB-MADDEN
Ongoing assessment · 23,085 ha
26LA-ZACK
Ongoing assessment · 10,859 ha
26LA-BOISE
Ongoing assessment · 508 ha
26LA-MEYERS
Ongoing assessment · 37 ha
26LA-TIMEW
Ongoing assessment · 28 ha
26LA-DAVEY
Contained · 3 ha
26DB-ROMULD2
Ongoing assessment · 3 ha
26HB-PINE
Ongoing assessment · 1 ha
26LA-SEPT
Ongoing assessment · 0 ha
26LA-HALFWAY
Ongoing assessment · 0 ha
Latest completed comparison
What changed around Northern Saskatchewan
Examples from the completed 2026-10-01 to 2026-10-02 comparison. See the provincial report for the full list.
Forecast layer
Northern Saskatchewan smoke forecast
Use FireRadar's ECCC FireWork smoke forecast to see modelled smoke movement across and beyond Northern Saskatchewan. Forecast smoke is not proof that a nearby wildfire is the source of local smoke.
Measured conditions
Air quality and AQHI
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.
Saskatchewan air quality map →Local wildfire maps
Communities in the Northern Saskatchewan regional cluster
La Ronge wildfire map
View current official Saskatchewan wildfires and nearby satellite hotspots around La Ronge and northern Saskatchewan.
Meadow Lake wildfire map
Check current official Saskatchewan wildfires and satellite hotspot context around Meadow Lake and northwestern Saskatchewan.
La Loche wildfire map
Track official wildfire activity and smoke conditions around La Loche and the remote boreal communities of northwestern Saskatchewan.
Buffalo Narrows wildfire map
Track official Saskatchewan wildfires and smoke around Buffalo Narrows and northwestern Saskatchewan.
Île-à-la-Crosse wildfire map
Track official Saskatchewan wildfires and smoke around Île-à-la-Crosse and northwestern Saskatchewan.
Prince Albert wildfire map
Track current official Saskatchewan wildfires and satellite hotspot context around Prince Albert and the southern boreal forest.
Official source and emergency information
Official incident rows come from the Saskatchewan Public Safety Agency public wildfire data. Source dates and status fields are kept separate when the feed supplies them.
FireRadar does not issue evacuation orders, emergency notices, road closures, or fire-spread predictions. Follow provincial, municipal, Indigenous, and emergency authorities for current instructions.
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