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Quebec Wildfires: Live Fire Map

193 active wildfires burning 1,612,747 acres in Quebec right now. Official Canadian data.

193
Active fires
1.6M
Acres
162
Under 50% contained
36
Air quality · Good

Current situation in Quebec

Elevated activity
Large fires (1K+)
90
New fires (48h)
0

Quebec currently has 193 active wildfires burning a combined 1.6 million acres. 90 of them are large incidents of 1,000+ acres. The biggest is the 284 fire at 203,062 acres. Air quality near the center of the province is good (AQI 36).

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

This season vs the last decade

114% of an average year
Burning right now1.6M acres
10-year average (2016–2023, full year)1.4M acres

Fires currently burning in Quebec cover 1.6M acres. From 2016 to 2023, an average full year burned 1.4M acres here.

Active fires in Quebec

Wildfire history in Quebec

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

2023
Worst year · 10.6M acres
36
Large fires / year · average
1,213
Total fires · since 1990
Acres burned by year
'10
'15
'20
'23
Large fires recorded by year
941871990: 33 fires19901991: 37 fires1992: 15 fires1993: 6 fires1994: 19 fires1995: 59 fires19951996: 126 fires1997: 56 fires1998: 45 fires1999: 17 fires2000: 13 fires20002001: 7 fires2002: 84 fires2003: 31 fires2004: 4 fires2005: 103 fires20052006: 33 fires2007: 68 fires2008: 1 fires2009: 26 fires2010: 33 fires20102011: 12 fires2012: 21 fires2013: 51 fires2014: 12 fires2015: 6 fires20152016: 31 fires2017: 15 fires2018: 25 fires2019: 6 fires2020: 9 fires20202021: 13 fires2022: 9 fires2023: 187 fires2023
Trend analysis

Over the last five years, Quebec averaged 2.2M acres burned and 45 fires per year. That is 217% up in acreage and 31% up in fire count versus the 1990–2018 baseline. Fire activity here is clearly intensifying.

Emergency resources for Quebec

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

SOPFEUFire infoQuebec's forest fire protection agency: active fires and restrictions.sopfeu.qc.caQuébec emergency situationsAlertsProvincial emergency and evacuation information.quebec.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 Quebec

MontrealQuebec CityChibougamau

Nearby provinces

Northwest Territories (198)Ontario (178)Manitoba (144)Saskatchewan (48)British Columbia (38)Yukon (26)