{"id":1842691,"date":"2025-06-12T19:34:24","date_gmt":"2025-06-12T23:34:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/?p=1842691"},"modified":"2025-06-12T19:34:25","modified_gmt":"2025-06-12T23:34:25","slug":"wildfires-in-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2025\/06\/wildfires-in-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Wildfires in Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

So we\u2019ve had some wildfires on our plate here in Canada. CBC News has a page tracking wildfires in Canada<\/a>, including maps of wildfire location, risk and smoke. Richard points out that FireSmoke Canada<\/a> (previously<\/a>) is a forecast map, not a map of actual conditions, for which see AQMap.ca<\/a>, which tracks fine particulate (PM2.5<\/sub>) monitors across Canada.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

So we\u2019ve had some wildfires on our plate here in Canada. CBC News has a page tracking wildfires in Canada, including maps of wildfire location, risk and smoke. Richard points out that FireSmoke Canada (previously)… More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"link","meta":{"autoblue_enabled":true,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[846,8],"tags":[1058,1054,131,487],"class_list":["post-1842691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-link","hentry","category-disasters","category-weather-and-climate","tag-air-pollution","tag-air-quality","tag-canada","tag-wildfires","post_format-post-format-link"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1815844,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2023\/06\/two-ways-to-visualize-canadas-wildfires\/","url_meta":{"origin":1842691,"position":0},"title":"Two Ways to Visualize Canada’s Wildfires","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"18 June 2023","format":"link","excerpt":"The European Space Agency released this map showing the impact on atmospheric carbon monoxide from Canadian forest fires. \u201cUsing data from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P mission, the image shows the average concentration of carbon monoxide for 1 May to 13 June. The extremely high concentrations, which are depicted in deep tones\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Weather and Climate"","block_context":{"text":"Weather and Climate","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/weather-and-climate\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"European Space Agency map of Canada showing average concentration of carboon monoxide for 1 May to 13 June 2023.","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/esa-monoxide-fires-canada-1024x849.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/esa-monoxide-fires-canada-1024x849.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/esa-monoxide-fires-canada-1024x849.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/esa-monoxide-fires-canada-1024x849.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1786130,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/08\/mapping-the-british-columbia-wildfires\/","url_meta":{"origin":1842691,"position":1},"title":"Mapping the British Columbia Wildfires","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"11 August 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"British Columbia isn't having a very good year either, forest fire wise. For maps of the wildfires burning in the province, see the B.C. Wildfire Service's interactive map, which shows active wildfires, fire perimeters, and evacuation areas. Evacuation maps are frequently tweeted by Emergency Info BC. Data journalist Tara Carman\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Weather and Climate"","block_context":{"text":"Weather and Climate","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/weather-and-climate\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1831154,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2024\/05\/canadas-early-wildfire-season\/","url_meta":{"origin":1842691,"position":2},"title":"Canada\u2019s Early Wildfire Season","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"17 May 2024","format":"link","excerpt":"European Space Agency Another year, another map from the European Space Agency showing the extent of Canada\u2019s wildfires based on data from the Copernicus Sentinel-5P satellite. It\u2019s not nearly as bad as last year\u2019s, but it\u2019s way earlier. The above is a frame from an animated map showing carbon monoxide\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Weather and Climate"","block_context":{"text":"Weather and Climate","link":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/category\/weather-and-climate\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/carbon-monoxide-canada-wildfires-esa.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1","width":350,"height":200,"srcset":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/carbon-monoxide-canada-wildfires-esa.jpg?resize=350%2C200&ssl=1 1x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/carbon-monoxide-canada-wildfires-esa.jpg?resize=525%2C300&ssl=1 1.5x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/carbon-monoxide-canada-wildfires-esa.jpg?resize=700%2C400&ssl=1 2x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/carbon-monoxide-canada-wildfires-esa.jpg?resize=1050%2C600&ssl=1 3x, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.maproomblog.com\/xq\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/05\/carbon-monoxide-canada-wildfires-esa.jpg?resize=1400%2C800&ssl=1 4x"},"classes":[]},{"id":1786169,"url":"https:\/\/www.maproomblog.com\/2018\/08\/smoke-from-the-british-columbia-wildfires\/","url_meta":{"origin":1842691,"position":3},"title":"Smoke from the British Columbia Wildfires","author":"Jonathan Crowe","date":"21 August 2018","format":"link","excerpt":"Smoke from the British Columbia wildfires (previously) has blanketed the Canadian prairie provinces and can be seen from space, CBC News reports. 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