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Wildfires in Wood Buffalo

Wood Buffalo, Canada, has had 57 large fires mapped since 2016: 1,191,844 hectares burned inside the census subdivision, 18% of its area. Fire danger today: very low (FWI 1).

Only fires of 1,000 ha or more get an entry: smaller ones are not in the lists or the totals on this page.

These figures leave out one page with faulty data, under review. They appear in the lists, marked.

Fire danger, today and the coming days

FWI computed from the Open-Meteo forecast
  1. Wed 4 Very low 6° · 52 % · 36 km/h
  2. Thu 5 Very low 6° · 67 % · 53 km/h
  3. Fri 6 Very low 7° · 59 % · 55 km/h
  4. Sat 7 Very low 3° · 62 % · 50 km/h
  5. Sun 8 Very low 2° · 70 % · 49 km/h
  6. Mon 9 Very low 1° · 84 % · 56 km/h
  7. Tue 10 Very low 0° · 79 % · 37 km/h
  8. Wed 11 Very low 2° · 86 % · 61 km/h

Canadian Fire Weather Index, the same system Copernicus uses, computed by WorldFires from the weather forecast and two months of past weather for fuel state. It is an estimate per municipality, not an official warning: warnings are issued by each country’s emergency service. Put this widget on your website

Smoke today in Wood Buffalo: hourly forecast

The census subdivision and its fires

Since 2016

1,191,844
hectares burned
18 %
of the subdivision
57
fires
66,059
km²

How many times has Wood Buffalo burned?

Wood Buffalo has burned 57 times since 2016, in 10 years: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 and 2026. The most recent: Wood Buffalo fire, February 2026, with 1,466 hectares inside the municipality.

  1. 1× 16
  2. 1× 17
  3. 2× 18
  4. 3× 19
  5.   20
  6. 5× 21
  7. 11× 22
  8. 13× 23
  9. 15× 24
  10. 4× 25
  11. 2× 26
57
fires
10
years with fire
1,191,844
cumulative ha
11 Feb 2026
most recent

Fires larger than 1,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016 that reached the municipality, even partly. Cumulative hectares add up every fire; the distinct area counts land that burned several times only once. Perimeters and boundaries overlaid by WorldFires.

Where it has burned most often in Canada

Fires that entered Wood Buffalo

  1. 1,466 ha Wood Buffalo fire, February 2026 where it started 0.0% of the subdivision · 1,534 ha in total · 4 days
  2. 996 ha Wood Buffalo fire, January 2026 where it started 0.0% of the subdivision · 1,027 ha in total · 2 days
  3. 1,347 ha Wood Buffalo fire, August 2025 where it started 0.0% of the subdivision · 1,422 ha in total · 4 days
  4. 2,528 ha Improvement District No. 24 W* fire, August 2025 0.0% of the subdivision · 28,017 ha in total · 33 days
  5. 497 ha Region 5, Unorganized fire, June 2025 0.0% of the subdivision · 1,129 ha in total · 1 day
  6. 7,016 ha Lac la Biche County fire, 30 May 2025 0.1% of the subdivision · 14,803 ha in total · 4 days
  7. 1,873 ha Wood Buffalo fire, May 2025 where it started 0.0% of the subdivision · 1,806 ha in total · 3 days
  8. 1,299 ha Wood Buffalo fire, 17 July 2024 where it started 0.0% of the subdivision · 1,370 ha in total · 7 days
  9. 4,101 ha Wood Buffalo fire, 17 July 2024 where it started 0.1% of the subdivision · 4,460 ha in total · 29 days
  10. 1,748 ha Wood Buffalo fire, 16 July 2024 where it started 0.0% of the subdivision · 1,810 ha in total · 9 days
  11. 5,229 ha Wood Buffalo fire, 12 July 2024 where it started 0.1% of the subdivision · 5,430 ha in total · 60 days
  12. 15,519 ha Wood Buffalo fire, 11 July 2024 where it started 0.2% of the subdivision · 15,819 ha in total · 37 days
  13. 6,362 ha Wood Buffalo fire, 11 July 2024 where it started 0.1% of the subdivision · 6,464 ha in total · 62 days
  14. 13,765 ha Wood Buffalo fire, 10 July 2024 where it started 0.2% of the subdivision · 14,297 ha in total · 14 days
  15. 26,153 ha Wood Buffalo fire, 8 July 2024 where it started 0.4% of the subdivision · 25,016 ha in total · 41 days
  16. 1,204 ha Wood Buffalo fire, 6 July 2024 where it started 0.0% of the subdivision · 1,207 ha in total · 19 days
  17. 9,772 ha Opportunity No. 17 fire, 5 July 2024 0.2% of the subdivision · 21,484 ha in total · 43 days
  18. 84,142 ha Wood Buffalo fire, 3 July 2024 where it started 1.3% of the subdivision · 84,939 ha in total · 46 days
  19. 1,593 ha Wood Buffalo fire, 3 July 2024 where it started 0.0% of the subdivision · 1,597 ha in total · 22 days
  20. 4,412 ha Wood Buffalo fire, 2 July 2024 where it started 0.1% of the subdivision · 4,386 ha in total · 23 days
  21. 14,160 ha Wood Buffalo fire, May 2024 where it started 0.2% of the subdivision · 14,599 ha in total · 7 days
  22. 25,475 ha Wood Buffalo fire, April 2024 where it started 0.4% of the subdivision · 28,754 ha in total · 118 days
  23. 3,956 ha Wood Buffalo fire, July 2023 where it started 0.1% of the subdivision · 3,957 ha in total · 23 days
  24. 121,545 ha Wood Buffalo fire, 29 June 2023 where it started 1.8% of the subdivision · 114,707 ha in total · 95 days
  25. 6,367 ha Wood Buffalo fire, 29 June 2023 where it started 0.1% of the subdivision · 14,701 ha in total · 91 days
  26. 6 ha Division No. 18, Unorganized fire, 10 June 2023 0.0% of the subdivision · 15,143 ha in total · 107 days
  27. 1,617 ha Wood Buffalo fire, 7 June 2023 where it started 0.0% of the subdivision · 1,688 ha in total · 6 days
  28. 3,990 ha Wood Buffalo fire, 30 May 2023 where it started 0.1% of the subdivision · 4,050 ha in total · 121 days
  29. 3,579 ha Wood Buffalo fire, 29 May 2023 where it started 0.0% of the subdivision · 3,791 ha in total · 15 days
  30. 49,953 ha Wood Buffalo fire, 28 May 2023 where it started 0.8% of the subdivision · 49,732 ha in total · 146 days
  31. 1,432 ha Wood Buffalo fire, 28 May 2023 where it started 0.0% of the subdivision · 1,427 ha in total · 6 days
  32. 22,283 ha Wood Buffalo fire, 28 May 2023 where it started 0.3% of the subdivision · 22,315 ha in total · 47 days
  33. 93,777 ha Wood Buffalo fire, 28 May 2023 where it started 1.4% of the subdivision · 90,522 ha in total · 123 days
  34. 0 ha Region 5, Unorganized fire, 28 May 2023 0.0% of the subdivision · 514,707 ha in total · 129 days
  35. 12,075 ha Wood Buffalo fire, 27 May 2023 where it started 0.2% of the subdivision · 12,089 ha in total · 122 days
  36. 1,324 ha Wood Buffalo fire, 22 August 2022 where it started 0.0% of the subdivision · 1,266 ha in total · 46 days
  37. 2 ha Improvement District No. 24 W* fire, August 2022 0.0% of the subdivision · 3,159 ha in total · 63 days
  38. 4,095 ha Wood Buffalo fire, 17 August 2022 where it started 0.1% of the subdivision · 3,861 ha in total · 53 days
  39. 1,068 ha Wood Buffalo fire, 30 June 2022 where it started 0.0% of the subdivision · 1,016 ha in total · 10 days
  40. 1,844 ha Wood Buffalo fire, 30 June 2022 where it started 0.0% of the subdivision · 1,743 ha in total · 101 days
  41. 3,853 ha Wood Buffalo fire, 26 June 2022 where it started 0.1% of the subdivision · 3,986 ha in total · 63 days
  42. 46,634 ha Wood Buffalo fire, 26 June 2022 where it started 0.7% of the subdivision · 45,024 ha in total · 100 days
  43. 32,338 ha Wood Buffalo fire, 14 June 2022 where it started 0.5% of the subdivision · 30,950 ha in total · 120 days
  44. 1,551 ha Wood Buffalo fire, 14 June 2022 where it started 0.0% of the subdivision · 1,602 ha in total · 45 days
  45. 2,304 ha Wood Buffalo fire, 13 June 2022 where it started 0.0% of the subdivision · 2,191 ha in total · 25 days
  46. 3,664 ha Wood Buffalo fire, 12 June 2022 where it started 0.1% of the subdivision · 3,460 ha in total · 119 days
  47. 3,223 ha Wood Buffalo fire, 13 July 2021 where it started 0.0% of the subdivision · 3,263 ha in total · 33 days
  48. 1,096 ha Wood Buffalo fire, 13 July 2021 where it started 0.0% of the subdivision · 1,108 ha in total · 25 days
  49. 3,531 ha Wood Buffalo fire, 10 July 2021 where it started 0.0% of the subdivision · 3,605 ha in total · 10 days
  50. 27,167 ha Wood Buffalo fire, 8 July 2021 where it started 0.4% of the subdivision · 27,397 ha in total · 9 days
  51. 1,472 ha Wood Buffalo fire, June 2021 where it started 0.0% of the subdivision · 1,473 ha in total · 4 days
  52. 24,654 ha Wood Buffalo fire, 17 July 2019 where it started 0.4% of the subdivision · 24,045 ha in total · 11 days
  53. 8,591 ha Wood Buffalo fire, 17 July 2019 where it started 0.1% of the subdivision · 8,213 ha in total · 9 days
  54. 1,478 ha Wood Buffalo fire, June 2019 where it started 0.0% of the subdivision · 1,549 ha in total · 4 days
  55. 1,985 ha Wood Buffalo fire, 26 May 2018 where it started 0.0% of the subdivision · 2,014 ha in total · 7 days
  56. 1,385 ha Wood Buffalo fire, 22 May 2018 where it started 0.0% of the subdivision · 1,457 ha in total · 3 days
  57. 7,634 ha Wood Buffalo fire, August 2017 where it started 0.1% of the subdivision · 12,729 ha in total · 27 days
  58. 462,244 ha Wood Buffalo fire, May 2016 where it started 7.0% of the subdivision · 477,421 ha in total · 98 days

Where this data comes from

Perimeters are official, from the NBAC of Canada’s CWFIS (Natural Resources Canada, Open Government Licence – Canada); for the current season they are rebuilt from heat detections by GWIS (Copernicus, CC BY 4.0) until NBAC publishes the year. Census subdivision boundaries come from geoBoundaries/Statistics Canada (StatCan) (Open Data Commons Open Database License 1.0). The area per census subdivision is computed by WorldFires by crossing both. The forecast is from Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).

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