Started on Jun 27, 2026.
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Green: vegetationBrown: already burnedOrange: fire right nowSentinel-2 · Copernicus
Red dots: heat detected by satellite in the last 48h. NASA FIRMS
Spanning an expansive 128,911 hectares (318,546 acres) across the Northwest Territories near the North Slave Region, an active wildfire has been burning for 43 days since its onset on June 27, 2026. The fire has maintained a rapid average daily growth of approximately 2,998 hectares per day within a region where the typical fire season runs from May to September.
This ongoing incident unfolds against a broader national backdrop where 2,245,513 hectares have burned so far in 2026, marking a total that sits 47% below the country's two-decade average.
In context
This wildfire burned in Northwest Territories for 89 days. In total it burned about 128,911 ha (318,546 acres) — around 1,289 km².
In the Northern Hemisphere, wildfire activity usually peaks during the warm, dry months — roughly May through October.
The bigger picture in Canada
Across Canada, roughly 2,617,400 hectares have burned so far in 2026 — 38% below the two-decade average. Data from Copernicus GWIS.
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