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Northwest Territories Wildfires: Live Fire Map

198 active wildfires burning 1,992,179 acres in Northwest Territories right now. Official Canadian data.

198
Active fires
2.0M
Acres
168
Under 50% contained
14
Air quality · Good

Current situation in Northwest Territories

Elevated activity
Large fires (1K+)
65
New fires (48h)
0

Northwest Territories currently has 198 active wildfires burning a combined 2.0 million acres. 65 of them are large incidents of 1,000+ acres. The biggest is the ZF018 fire at 357,181 acres. Air quality near the center of the province is good (AQI 14).

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

This season vs the last decade

102% of an average year
Burning right now2.0M acres
10-year average (2016–2023, full year)1.9M acres

Fires currently burning in Northwest Territories cover 2.0M acres. From 2016 to 2023, an average full year burned 1.9M acres here.

Active fires in Northwest Territories

Wildfire history in Northwest Territories

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

2023
Worst year · 10.3M acres
59
Large fires / year · average
2,021
Total fires · since 1990
Acres burned by year
'10
'15
'20
'23
Large fires recorded by year
941871990: 17 fires19901991: 38 fires1992: 25 fires1993: 69 fires1994: 107 fires1995: 42 fires19951996: 85 fires1997: 13 fires1998: 97 fires1999: 36 fires2000: 46 fires20002001: 18 fires2002: 13 fires2003: 33 fires2004: 90 fires2005: 41 fires20052006: 32 fires2007: 45 fires2008: 52 fires2009: 2 fires2010: 67 fires20102011: 45 fires2012: 96 fires2013: 93 fires2014: 187 fires2015: 107 fires20152016: 59 fires2017: 111 fires2018: 12 fires2019: 30 fires2020: 17 fires20202021: 41 fires2022: 101 fires2023: 154 fires2023
Trend analysis

Over the last five years, Northwest Territories averaged 2.5M acres burned and 69 fires per year. That is 58% up in acreage and 19% up in fire count versus the 1990–2018 baseline. Fire activity here is clearly intensifying.

Emergency resources for Northwest Territories

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

NWT Wildfire OperationsEvacuationsTerritorial wildfire updates and emergency information.gov.nt.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 Northwest Territories

Yellowknife

Nearby provinces

Quebec (193)Ontario (178)Manitoba (144)Saskatchewan (48)British Columbia (38)Yukon (26)