Wildfire Air Quality Surveillance
What is the current wildfire-related air quality in your community and what should you do?
This page is updated every Tuesday and Friday between June and October, or more frequently if the local air quality situation changes. Last updated May 20, 2025.
For more information on what is in wildfire smoke, the health risks, and how to protect yourself, click here: Wildfires and Your Health
Find out if you are one of them
Methods and Sources
1 The health risk level represents a
summarized value from purple air monitors which measure Particulate Matter. The
recommendations are from the Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) scale, which uses
a combination of particulate matter (PM2.5), ozone and nitrogen
dioxide, however, only data on particulate matter is available for our health
unit area. For more details on real-time weather alerts, visit Environment Canada.
These monitors were provided by Environment and Climate Change Canada
and are generously hosted and maintained by various community partners.
2 Source: Environment and Climate Change
Canada - Meteorological Services of Canada in collaboration with the
University of Northern British Columbia. Mapping tool. https://cyclone.unbc.ca/aqmap
3 Government of Ontario. Wildfire Smoke
and Air Quality Reference Document, 2024. Version 1.0 (05/2024). ISBN
978-1-4868-8087-4
4 Government of Canada. 72h Hourly Maps
at Ground Level - 12 UTC https://weather.gc.ca/firework/firework_anim_e.html?type=em&utc=12
5 Government of Canda. Natural Resources
Canada. Interactive Map. Canadian
Wildland Fire Information System | Interactive map
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