National Wildland Fire Situation Report

National Wildland Fire Situation Report

Archived reports

Current as of: June 11, 2025

• Data courtesy of the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC).
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Priority fires

Bird River Fire/RM of Alexander EA0061 This fire is located near Bissett and Bird River and is approximately 218,700 hectares in size. It is out-of-control and has resulted in in the evacuation of the community of Bissett and Nopiming Provincial Park.

Lower Fishing Lake Fire, Saskatchewan 25LF-SHOE This wildfire is currently 503,940 hectares, and still not contained. It has resulted in evacuations from the Lower Fishing Lake, Piprell Lake, East Trout Lake, Little Bear Lake. Whiteswan/Whelan Bay areas.

Deer Lake, Ontario RED-012 This wildfire is currently 163,122 hectares and not-under-control. It is located in the community of Deer Lake and has resulted in the evacuation of members of the Sandy Lake First Nation.

Interagency mobilization

Canada is at National Preparedness Level 5, indicating that there is full commitment of national resources and demand for interagency resources through the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Center (CIFFC) is extreme. Since national availability of resources is limited, international resources are being mobilized.

Saskatchewan and Manitoba are at Agency Preparedness Level (APL) 5, Ontario and Alberta are at level 4, British Columbia is at level 3, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Quebec, and Parks are at level 2, Newfoundland and Labrador, and New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Nova Scotia are at level 1. At APL 5, agencies have extreme Fire Danger, anticipate extreme fire Load in the next week, and do not have adequate resources to manage fires. At the time of this report, there are domestic and international personnel, aircraft, and fire fighting equipment being mobilized through CIFFC. Personnel and aircraft are also being mobilized through compact agreements.

The United States is at preparedness level 2, indicating that wildland fire activity is increasing in a few geographic areas, but resources within most geographic areas are adequate, and there is little to moderate mobilization of resources occurring through the National Interagency Coordination Center (NIFC).

The number of fires is average for this time of year, but the area burned to date is significantly more than the 10-year average.

Weekly Synopsis

In British Columbia, there are Open Fire restrictions in Cariboo, Coastal, Kamloops, Southeast, Prince George and parts of Northwest.

In Alberta, there are fire bans and restrictions across the province, particularly in the central and southern regions.

On May 29, Saskatchewan declared a Provincial State of Emergency. There are fire bans and restrictions from the southern to central regions, extending from the western border to the eastern edge of the province.

On May 28, Manitoba declared a Provincial State of Emergency. A full fire ban is in place at all provincial parks across the province.

In Ontario, there is a Restricted Fire Zones (RFZ) in the Northwest Region including Zones 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11. No open air burning, including campfires, is permitted within the boundaries of the RFZ, and all burning permits are suspended.

The Northwest Territories is currently prohibiting all open fires, including campfires, in the Hay River, 60th Parallel, Twin Falls, Lady Evelyn Falls, Fort Providence, Little Buffalo Crossing, Queen Elizabeth, Little Buffalo Falls, Kakisa River, Fort Simpson, Blackstone, and Sambaa Deh Falls Territorial Parks.

Nova Scotia permits burning between 2:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. in the Antigonish, Cape Breton, Colchester, Cumberland, Digby, Guysborough, Halifax, Hants, Inverness, Pictou, Richmond, Shelburne, Victoria and Yarmouth Counties. In Annapolis, Kings, Lunenburg and Queens, burning is only allowed between 7:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m. (burning is not allowed before 7:00 p.m.)

New Brunswick allows burning in all regions.

Prince Edward Island permits burning in all three counties only between 8:00 p.m. and 8:00 a.m.

Park Canada has fire bans in effect in Prince Albert and Wood Buffalo National Parks. Effective June 2, 2025, the following areas of the Prince Albert National Park are also closed due to extreme wildfire risk: all backcountry areas; all lakes, excluding Waskesiu; Kingsmere Road west of the main marina; Narrows Road; Sandy, Namekus and Narrows campgrounds; Valleyview trail network, excluding Valley View easy and moderate trails; and all trails on Highway 263 and Cookson Road.

There are no provincial fire bans in Newfoundland and Labrador. The province requires burning permits, but will suspend permits when fire hazard is high, very high or extreme for a region.

Yukon requires burning permits from April 1 to September 30, and institutes fire restrictions based on current fire danger ratings in different regions.

There are no burning restrictions in Québec.

Prognosis

Late June 11, rain, showers, and thunderstorms are expected over large portions of British Columbia and Alberta. The strongest thunderstorms will occur in southeastern British Columbia and the foothills of Alberta. By June 13, central British Columbia is forecast to receive ~10mm of rain and southern Alberta will receive 10-20mm. Notably, the southwest and extreme northeast of British Columbia and northern Alberta will remain much drier and receive only a few mm of rain.

A significant low-pressure center is tracking through northern Quebec. This low is giving precipitation to large portions of eastern Ontario, Quebec, and Atlantic Canada. A second system (area of precipitation) will also impact northern Quebec and Labrador late this week. Through these two systems, only Nova Scotia and southeast Newfoundland are forecast to receive less than 10mm of rain. The rest of the region will receive closer to 15-25mm with locally higher amounts.

June 13-14, another system will develop over central Alberta, giving moisture to much of the province. The main band of rain will track through central Saskatchewan and Manitoba by June 15. Over Saskatchewan, ~10-15mm is predicted to fall, while Manitoba is looking to receive ~5-10mm. Southeast Manitoba is likely to avoid most of the precipitation.

The Yukon is set to see some of the British Columbia precipitation early in the week (5-10mm). However, the Northwest Territories will be quite dry during the week. Periods of warmer than seasonal temperatures will enhance drying, giving a higher fire risk than has been observed during the early season.

Weekly graphs (current as of: June 11, 2025)