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Ontario Wildfires: Live Fire Map

178 active wildfires burning 1,603,578 acres in Ontario right now. Official Canadian data.

178
Active fires
1.6M
Acres
121
Under 50% contained
24
Air quality · Good

Current situation in Ontario

Elevated activity
Large fires (1K+)
42
New fires (48h)
0

Ontario currently has 178 active wildfires burning a combined 1.6 million acres. 42 of them are large incidents of 1,000+ acres. The biggest is the THU-036 fire at 928,924 acres. Air quality near the center of the province is good (AQI 24).

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Bold outline: Ontario boundary. Fires outside the border are in neighboring provinces.

This season vs the last decade

266% of an average year
Burning right now1.6M acres
10-year average (2016–2023, full year)602K acres

Fires currently burning in Ontario cover 1.6M acres. From 2016 to 2023, an average full year burned 602K acres here.

Active fires in Ontario

Wildfire history in Ontario

Large fires (200+ hectares) since 1990, Canadian National Fire Database.

2021
Worst year · 1.9M acres
39
Large fires / year · average
1,337
Total fires · since 1990
Acres burned by year
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'23
Large fires recorded by year
721441990: 47 fires19901991: 54 fires1992: 27 fires1993: 16 fires1994: 44 fires1995: 144 fires19951996: 141 fires1997: 18 fires1998: 81 fires1999: 57 fires2000: 8 fires20002001: 18 fires2002: 55 fires2003: 35 fires2004: 1 fires2005: 20 fires20052006: 67 fires2007: 15 fires2008: 3 fires2009: 21 fires2010: 14 fires20102011: 72 fires2012: 50 fires2013: 27 fires2014: 5 fires2015: 23 fires20152016: 9 fires2017: 40 fires2018: 64 fires2019: 20 fires2020: 12 fires20202021: 76 fires2022: 3 fires2023: 50 fires2023
Trend analysis

Over the last five years, Ontario averaged 741K acres burned and 32 fires per year. That is 79% up in acreage and 21% down in fire count versus the 1990–2018 baseline. Fire activity here is clearly intensifying.

Emergency resources for Ontario

Official channels for evacuation orders, shelters, and emergency alerts. In an immediate emergency, call 911.

Ontario forest firesEvacuationsProvincial fire map, restrictions, and emergency information.ontario.caGet Prepared (Public Safety Canada)Fire infoFederal guidance on emergency plans, kits, and regional alerts.canada.caCWFIS interactive fire mapFire infoNatural Resources Canada's national fire situation map.cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca

Fires near a city in Ontario

TorontoOttawaThunder BaySudbury

Nearby provinces

Northwest Territories (198)Quebec (193)Manitoba (144)Saskatchewan (48)British Columbia (38)Yukon (26)