Ontario Wildfires

• Ontario begins to repatriate communities as wildfire suppression continues

  There are currently 152 active fires across Ontario, with 12 considered 'out of control,' according to provincial data.

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  Aug 11
  
• Ontario wildfire situation moving in ‘reassuring direction’ despite heat

  The Ontario government says the wildfire situation is currently moving in a 'reassuring direction' with 80 fires extinguished in the past two weeks.

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  Jul 30
  
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• Northern Ontario couple could face fines for attempting to save lodge from wildfires

  Jenny and Kevin VanderHooft face charges for flying their drone within an active fire zone and returning to an area under an evacuation order.

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  Jul 22
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• Doug Ford visits Thunder Bay as northern Ontario fires force evacuations

  There are nearly 200 wildfires burning in the province, sending thick smoke across Ontario and into parts of the United States. 

  Canada

  Jul 18
• As Ontario wildfires rage, Canadian Forces on ‘standby’ to help: minister

  Currently, the province and the emergency preparedness department are 'apparently capable to handle the situation,' Defence Minister David McGuinty said.

  Canada

  Jul 17
• ‘It was far away until it wasn’t’: Lodge owner details harrowing northern Ontario fires

  Rylie Isaacs Laforge watched as a northern Ontario forest fire encroached on her lodge, burning a few campers before her and her family were forced to evacuate.

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  Jul 16
• CN Rail crew evacuated as video shows Ontario wildfire surrounding train

  The train was stopped in Armstrong, Ont., which is north of Thunder Bay. A CN Rail spokesperson told Global News all employees in the area were evacuated overnight Monday.

  Canada

  Jul 15
• Ontario wildfires burned almost 6,000 square kilometres this year

  The Ontario government says 643 wildfires were recorded between April and October, with almost 6,000 square kilometres burned in 2025.

  Canada

  Nov 3, 2025
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• Military deploys to support northern Ontario wildfire evacuations

  Prime Minister Mark Carney says Armed Forces personnel have been deployed to assist wildfire evacuations in northern Ontario as over 30,000 flee blazes across the Prairies.

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  Jun 8, 2025
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• Wildfires force more than 800 to evacuate northwestern Ontario First Nation

  Wildfires have forced more than 800 residents to evacuate their northwestern Ontario First Nation.

  Canada

  May 18, 2025