Air Quality Health Index - BC Air Quality

Real-time air quality readings for British Columbia through an interactive map, including the Air Quality Health Index (AQHI) and AQHI forecasts. Skiptomaincontent Skiptonavigation AccessibilityStatement BCAirQuality AirQualityHealthIndex Latestairqualitydata Airqualityadvisories AirDataArchive AirQualityHealthIndex Latestairqualitydata Airqualityadvisories AirDataArchive AirQualityHealthIndex-What'stheairliketoday? FindthelatestandforecastAirQualityHealthIndex(AQHI)valuestohelpyouunderstandwhattheairqualityaroundyoumeanstoyourhealth.LearnmoreaboutAirQualityHealthIndexhealthmessages. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 + LowRisk(1-3) ModerateRisk(4-6) HighRisk(7-10) VeryHighRisk 1 2 3 LowRisk(1-3) 4 5 6 ModerateRisk(4-6) 7 8 9 10 HighRisk(7-10) + VeryHigh Station Tomorrownight Tomorrow Tonight Today Observed AirQualityHeathIndexforecastforB.C. ThetablebelowshowsaprovincialsummaryofthelatestAirQualityHealthIndexvaluesandforecastmaximums.Selectacommunitynametoviewatime-seriesgraphofAQHIdata. *AnasterikbesideaforecastnumberindicatesaspecialAQHInoticeforthatcommunity(selectacommunitynametoviewnotice). Chooseacommunityfromthedrop-downlistorscrolldowntobrowsethelistbelow: --Communitylist-- Castlegar CentralFraserValley ComoxValley Cranbrook Duncan EasternFraserValley FortStJohn Kamloops Kitimat MetroVancouverNE MetroVancouverNW MetroVancouverSE MetroVancouverSW Nanaimo NorthOkanagan PrinceGeorge Quesnel Smithers SouthOkanagan Squamish Terrace Victoria WestShore Whistler WilliamsLake Airmonitoringstationdata Viewalistofairmonitoringstationsoruseourinteractivemapbelowtoviewthelatestairqualitydatainyourarea. Smokerelatedinformation ReadthefrequentlyaskedquestionsabouttheAirQualityHealthIndexandWildfireSmoke. VisittheBlueSkyCanada(WesternCanada)smokeforecastpageforuptodateforecastinformation. Benotified Mobiledeviceappswithalertnotifications. Airqualitysubscriptionservice SetupAirQualityHealthIndexalertsfromCanada’sWeatherCANApp. Contactus Ifyouhaveacommentorquestionabouttheairqualitycontentonthiswebsitepleasecontactus. AQHIstationupdatesanddatadisclaimer: AQHIvaluesforSouthOkanaganwillbeunavailableuntilanewpermanentairqualitymonitoringstationisestablishedintheSouthOkanagan.HoweverPM2.5measurementsfromatemporarymonitoringsiteinPentictonareavailable. Pleasenotethatairqualitydatamaybemissingordelayedformanyreasonsthatarebeyondourcontrolincludinglocalpowerorcommunicationsoutagesandinstrumentcalibrationcycles.Datafoundonthiswebsiteisaccessibleinrawformbeforeallqualityassurancereviewsarecomplete.Thisdataispreliminaryandissubjecttochangeduringthereviewprocess.Readmoreaboutourdataandlicensingagreement. Home Aboutthissite Disclaimer Privacy Accessibility Copyright ContactUs X LearnmoreaboutAQHICategoriesandExplanations AirQualityHealthIndexHealthMessages TheAQHIusesascaletoshowthehealthriskassociatedwiththeairpollutionwebreathe. Thefollowingtableprovidesthehealthmessagesfor‘atrisk’individualsandthegeneralpublicforeachoftheAQHIHealthRiskCategories. Health Risk  AQHI Index  HealthMessages AtRiskPopulation1 GeneralPopulation Low 1-3 Enjoyyourusualoutdooractivities. Idealairqualityforoutdooractivities. Moderate 4-6 Considerreducingorreschedulingstrenuousactivitiesoutdoorsifyouareexperiencingsymptoms. Noneedtomodifyyourusualoutdooractivitiesunlessyouexperiencesymptomssuchascoughingandthroatirritation. High 7-10 Reduceorreschedulestrenuousactivitiesoutdoors.Childrenandtheelderlyshouldalsotakeiteasy. Considerreducingorreschedulingstrenuousactivitiesoutdoorsifyouexperiencesymptomssuchascoughingandthroatirritation. VeryHigh Above 10 Avoidstrenuousactivitiesoutdoors.Childrenandtheelderlyshouldalsoavoidoutdoorphysicalexertion. Reduceorreschedulestrenuousactivitiesoutdoors,especiallyifyouexperiencesymptomssuchascoughingandthroatirritation. 1Peoplewithheartorbreathingproblemsareatgreaterrisk.Followyourdoctor'susualadviceaboutexercisingandmanagingyourcondition. Source:EnvironmentandClimateChangeCanada *IftheAQHIindexhasincreasedto7(highhealthrisk),itisusuallybecauseofhighconcentrationsofsmokeparticles(PM2.5)inthiscommunity. Close