Here's what you need to know about the Manitoba wildfires

CBC News

· Posted: Jun 04, 2025 1:20 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

Manitoba is at a low-to-moderate occurrence information level, although the northeast country is astatine a high-to-extreme information level, according to the province's latest occurrence bulletin connected Sunday.

Manitoba is experiencing the worst wildfire play successful caller memory, with thousands forced retired of their homes. It's under a provincewide authorities of emergency, which volition stay successful effect until astatine slightest June 26, Premier Wab Kinew said.

The Canadian Red Cross had registered astir 18,000 radical from much than 7,100 households arsenic evacuees arsenic of Thursday, June 5, the state said successful a occurrence bulletin. The government said it's hard to cognize the nonstop number, since not everyone has registered with the Red Cross.

The state said eligible evacuees tin use for enactment done its wildfire incidental enactment program. To qualify, evacuees indispensable beryllium imperishable Manitoba residents, person a superior residence successful a assemblage oregon First Nation with a mandatory evacuation and beryllium registered with the Red Cross (see accusation below).

Manitobans evacuated nether a mandatory bid are eligible to person $34 per time for everyone property 13 and older and $27 per time for children 12 and under.

More accusation astir the enactment programme tin beryllium recovered connected the province's website.

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Mandatory evacuations are successful spot for:

• Bakers Narrows.

• Big Island Lake.

• Bissett.

• Cranberry Portage.

• Flin Flon.

• Grass River Provincial Park.

• Lake Athapapuskow.

• Little Athapapuskow cottage area.

• Lynn Lake.

• Marcel Colomb First Nation (Black Sturgeon).

• Nopiming Provincial Park.

• Parts of Whiteshell Provincial Park.

• Payuk Lake.

• Pimicikamak Cree Nation (Cross Lake) and the incorporated assemblage of Cross Lake.

• Pukatawagan (Mathias Colomb Cree Nation).

• Schist Lake.

• Sherridon.

• Snow Lake.

• Tataskweyak Cree Nation (Split Lake).

• Twin Lake.

• Wekusko Falls Provincial Park.

• White Lake (northwest region).

Two-hour evacuation announcement for:

• Rural Municipality of Alexander from Tall Timber Road to Hill Drive.

Four First Nations successful the Island Lake portion — Garden Hill, St. Theresa Point, Wasagamack and Red Sucker Lake — and Misipawistik Cree Nation are evacuating immoderate susceptible residents from the communities due to the fact that of worsening aerial quality.

Norway House and Chemawawin Cree Nation (Easterville) are nether evacuation notices, with radical ordered to beryllium acceptable to leave. 

The two-hour evacuation notices for Rocky Lake East and North and Wanless were lifted connected June 6, according to Saturday's occurrence bulletin.

As of June 8, determination were 28 progressive wildfires crossed Manitoba. There person been 114 this twelvemonth to date, which is supra the mean of 99 for this clip of year, according to the province.

A full of astir 733,820 hectares person burned successful Manitoba truthful acold this twelvemonth arsenic of June 6. At this clip successful 2024, astir 43,138 hectares had burned, according to the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre.

That tract contains regular statistic connected the fig of caller fires successful each state and territory, however galore out-of-province firefighters are helping successful each region, the types of craft being utilized and occurrence averages implicit 5 to 25 years.

According to the site, 62 much firefighters from Quebec and 100 much from the United States were helping with firefighting efforts successful Manitoba arsenic of June 4.

All evacuees successful the state are encouraged to registry with the Red Cross arsenic soon arsenic possible.

That tin beryllium done online at www.redcross.ca/2025manitobawildfires or by calling 1-800-863-6582 (toll-free) betwixt 8 a.m. and 10 p.m. CST.

Congregate shelters person been acceptable up crossed the province. There are shelters successful Winnipeg, Thompson, Winkler and Portage la Prairie.

Provincial exigency societal services are moving with partners to find structure for anyone who needs it. Manitoba has besides said it is moving to escaped up edifice space in Winnipeg aft immoderate residents from Pimicikamak Cree Nation were sent to a edifice successful Niagara Falls, Ont.

Evacuees who bash not person a spot to enactment are asked to proceed to the nearest reception centre:

• Winnipeg: Billy Mosienko Arena, 709 Keewatin St. — open 24/7.
• Brandon: Victoria Inn, 3550 Victoria Ave. — open regular from 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
• Thompson: Burntwood Hotel, 146 Selkirk Ave. — unfastened regular from 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.

Are you an evacuee who needs assistance? Contact Manitoba 211 by calling 211 from anyplace successful Manitoba oregon email [email protected].

Find the latest wildfire information:

• Canadian wildfire map.
• Province of Manitoba occurrence bulletins.
• CBC's wildfire tracker.