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Report a wildfire: If you see a wildfire in a forested area call 310-FIRE (3473)

Statistics

See Alberta’s wildfire dashboard for current year statistics.

See Alberta’s wildfire season statistics for statistics on past wildfire seasons.

Maps

Historical data

Wildfire geospatial data

Current and historical wildfire and weather Geographic Information System (GIS) data can be viewed through the Alberta Geospatial Services Platform. See Accessing Wildfire GIS Data (PDF, 46 KB) for instructions on how to access the various data available.

Historical wildfire database

See data downloads and corresponding dictionaries for each time period.

Date range Data download (CSV format) Data dictionary (PDF format)
2006 to 2018 Wildfire data: 2006 to 2018 Data dictionary: 2006 to 2018
1996 to 2005 Wildfire data: 1996 to 2005 Data dictionary: 1996 to 2005
1983 to 1995 Wildfire data: 1983 to 1995 Data dictionary: 1983 to 1995
1961 to 1982 Wildfire data: 1961 to 1982 Data dictionary: 1961 to 1982

Spatial wildfire data

The historical wildfire GIS data are available here as an ESRI Shapefile (contained within a downloadable ZIP file). The GIS datasets comprise polygon features representing wildfire perimeters and are in a Geographic Coordinate System with a NAD83 datum.

Historical Wildfire Perimeter Data: 1931 to 2022 (ZIP, 231.8 MB)

Historical Wildfire Perimeter Spatial Data Change Log (PDF, 77 KB)

Contact

For further information on historical spatial wildfire data, contact [email protected].

Wildfire weather data

Fire weather data has been collected daily in Alberta since the late 1960s in some locations.

Should you need any of this data, contact the Weather Section at [email protected].

For more information about fire weather and recent weather data, see Fire weather and forecasts.

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