Data Sources & Methodology
NFDB — Canadian National Fire Database
Fire point data for Québec 2010–2024. 7,931 fire records including ignition date, cause, and burned area. Compiled by Natural Resources Canada from SOPFEU agency data.
cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/datamart
CWFIS — Canadian Wildland Fire Information System
National fire monitoring system operated by the Canadian Forest Service. Aggregates provincial and territorial fire data into a standardized national record.
cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca
SOPFEU — Société de protection des forêts contre le feu
Québec's provincial wildfire agency. Primary data contributor for all Québec fire records in the NFDB. Operational since 1960.
sopfeu.qc.ca
NASA FIRMS — Fire Information for Resource Management System
Near real-time active fire detections from MODIS and VIIRS satellite sensors. Thermal anomaly data at 375m–1km resolution. Used for live fire season monitoring.
firms.modaps.eosdis.nasa.gov
All data is publicly available. Fire locations are accurate to approximately 1km as reported by agency field crews. Burned area figures represent final recorded size after fire containment. Season animation shows ignition events May–October — the active fire season for boreal Québec. No data has been altered or inferred.