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Northwestern Ontario wildfire map & smoke conditions
View official wildfires, smoke forecast, and air-quality context across Northwestern Ontario, including Thunder Bay, Kenora, Dryden, Sioux Lookout, Red Lake, 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 Northwestern Ontario
Latest source update: Aug 22, 2026, 5:00 p.m. PDT
Active official fires
25
Ontario wildfire records within the FireRadar region.
Out of control
0
Current active records whose official status is out/not under control.
Reported active hectares
614,407 ha
25 active regional records report a usable size.
Largest reported active fire
301,240 ha
THU036
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 Northwestern Ontario
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 Northwestern Ontario.
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Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada FireWork.
AQHI observation
Latest AQHI near Northwestern Ontario
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 Northwestern Ontario
Northwestern Ontario covers an immense boreal landscape with remote and road-access communities, lakes, forests, resource activity, aviation-dependent areas, and long highway links. Fires can be far from major population centres while still producing significant smoke or affecting travel and regional operations, so a regional view helps connect official incidents with local community pages without implying identical conditions across the entire northwest.
Current official incidents
Active official wildfires in Northwestern Ontario
THU036
Under Control · 301,240 ha
FOR014
Under Control · 51,928 ha
DRY034
Under Control · 45,800 ha
DRY035
Under Control · 30,159 ha
THU056
Under Control · 7,947 ha
NIP012
Under Control · 2,821 ha
DRY036
Under Control · 1,710 ha
NIP016
Under Control · 1,474 ha
NIP013
Under Control · 500 ha
KEN037
Under Control · 0 ha
FOR015
Being Observed · 42,273 ha
SLK005
Being Observed · 38,306 ha
Latest completed comparison
What changed around Northwestern Ontario
Examples from the completed 2026-10-01 to 2026-10-02 comparison. See the provincial report for the full list.
Forecast layer
Northwestern Ontario smoke forecast
Use FireRadar's ECCC FireWork smoke forecast to see modelled smoke movement across and beyond Northwestern Ontario. 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.
Ontario air quality map →Local wildfire maps
Communities in the Northwestern Ontario regional cluster
Thunder Bay wildfire map
Track current official Ontario forest fires and satellite hotspot context around Thunder Bay and northwestern Ontario.
Kenora wildfire map
View current official Ontario forest fires and satellite hotspot context around Kenora and the Lake of the Woods region.
Dryden wildfire map
Track current official Ontario forest fires around Dryden and northwestern Ontario.
Sioux Lookout wildfire map
Track current official Ontario forest fires and satellite hotspot context around Sioux Lookout and northwestern Ontario.
Red Lake wildfire map
View current official Ontario forest fires and nearby satellite hotspots around Red Lake and northwestern Ontario.
Fort Frances wildfire map
Track official Ontario forest fires and smoke around Fort Frances and the Rainy River District.
Official source and emergency information
Official active and new fire markers come from Ontario AFFES/LIO data. Marker data is informational and may not represent 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.
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