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Nova Scotia Wildfires: Live Fire Map
Nova Scotia
Bold outline: Nova Scotia boundary. Fires outside the border are in neighboring provinces.
Evacuation status in Nova Scotia
Nova Scotia has no live evacuation feed FireNearby can monitor, so orders and warnings will not appear on this site. Check local official emergency channels and the emergency resources below.
Is there a fire near me?
Enter any US or Canadian address or town for an instant risk report: nearby fires, wind, smoke, air quality, and evacuation alerts.
Active fires in Nova Scotia
No active wildfires reported right now.
Wildfire history in Nova Scotia
Large fires (200+ hectares) since 1990, Canadian National Fire Database.
April and May account for 99% of the acreage burned in Nova Scotia in an average year, based on large fires (200+ hectares) in Canadian federal records.
Over the last five years, Nova Scotia averaged 14K acres burned and 1 fires per year. That is 551% up in acreage and 13% down in fire count versus the 1990–2009 baseline. Fire activity here is clearly intensifying.
Wildfire history near you
How close have major wildfires come to your home in Nova Scotia? Search any US or Canadian address to see the largest fires on record nearby, with size, year, and impact, on a radius map.
Emergency resources for Nova Scotia
Official channels for evacuation orders, shelters, and emergency alerts. In an immediate emergency, call 911.