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Ontario Wildfires: Live Fire Map
Ontario
Bold outline: Ontario boundary. Fires outside the border are in neighboring provinces.
Evacuation status in Ontario
Ontario 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?
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This season vs the last decade
204% of an average yearFires currently burning in Ontario cover 1.2M acres. From 2016 to 2023, an average full year burned 602K acres here.
Source: Canadian National Fire Database, large fires (200+ hectares) only.
Active fires in Ontario
- -THU-036 Fire-744,380 acres54 days ago
- -FOR-014 Fire-128,318 acres67 days ago
- -DRY-034 Fire-113,174 acres55 days ago
- -FOR-015 Fire-104,459 acres76 days ago
- -DRY-035 Fire-74,524 acres55 days ago
- -FOR-013 Fire-62,953 acres76 days ago
- -THU-060 Fire-1,035 acres87 days ago
- -NIP-025 Fire-628 acres111 days ago
| Fire | County | Size | Contained | Updated |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THU-036 Fire | - | 744,380 acres | - | 54 days ago |
| FOR-014 Fire | - | 128,318 acres | - | 67 days ago |
| DRY-034 Fire | - | 113,174 acres | - | 55 days ago |
| FOR-015 Fire | - | 104,459 acres | - | 76 days ago |
| DRY-035 Fire | - | 74,524 acres | - | 55 days ago |
| FOR-013 Fire | - | 62,953 acres | - | 76 days ago |
| THU-060 Fire | - | 1,035 acres | - | 87 days ago |
| NIP-025 Fire | - | 628 acres | - | 111 days ago |
Latest fire updates in Ontario
Generated automatically from official feeds the moment they change: size, containment, evacuation zones, aircraft, and incident team updates.
THU-036 Fire · Mapped size revised down to 744,380 acres (from 928,924)
23 days ago · October 18, 2026FOR-014 Fire · Mapped size revised down to 128,318 acres (from 136,171)
23 days ago · October 18, 2026DRY-034 Fire · Grew 112,186 acres in 68 days to 113,174 acres
23 days ago · October 18, 2026FOR-015 Fire · Mapped size revised down to 104,459 acres (from 119,257)
23 days ago · October 18, 2026DRY-035 Fire · Grew 73,288 acres in 68 days to 74,524 acres
23 days ago · October 18, 2026FOR-013 Fire · Mapped size revised down to 62,953 acres (from 74,132)
23 days ago · October 18, 2026NIP-025 Fire · Grew 462 acres in 68 days to 628 acres
23 days ago · October 18, 2026
Wildfire history in Ontario
Large fires (200+ hectares) since 1990, Canadian National Fire Database.
June and July account for 83% of the acreage burned in Ontario in an average year, based on large fires (200+ hectares) in Canadian federal records.
Over the last five years, Ontario averaged 741K acres burned and 32 fires per year. That is 79% up in acreage and 21% down in fire count versus the 1990–2018 baseline. Fire activity here is clearly intensifying.
Wildfire history near you
How close have major wildfires come to your home in Ontario? 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 Ontario
Official channels for evacuation orders, shelters, and emergency alerts. In an immediate emergency, call 911.