{"id":8754,"date":"2025-06-06T17:14:00","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T21:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/?p=8754"},"modified":"2025-06-06T18:36:11","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T22:36:11","slug":"ottawas-air-quality-among-the-worst-in-the-world-as-wildfire-smoke-blankets-the-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/news\/ottawas-air-quality-among-the-worst-in-the-world-as-wildfire-smoke-blankets-the-region\/","title":{"rendered":"Ottawa\u2019s air quality among the worst in the world as wildfire smoke blankets the region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The City of Ottawa is experiencing some of the worst air quality in the world due to wildfire smoke on Friday, with the poor air quality expected to continue into Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>A special air quality statement remains in effect for Ottawa, eastern Ontario and western Quebec, warning smoke is causing poor air quality and reduced visibility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHigh risk air quality due to wildfire smoke is expected over the area overnight. As smoke levels increase, health risks increase,\u201d Environment Canada said in an updated statement at 5&nbsp;p.m. Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLimit time outdoors. Consider reducing or rescheduling outdoor sports, activities and events.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ottawa\u2019s air quality was rated 10+ or \u201cVery High Risk\u201d at 4&nbsp;p.m., after a slight improvement earlier in the day. The Air Quality Health Index shows Ottawa\u2019s air quality will be or 10 or \u201cHigh Risk\u201d tonight, improving to to \u201c5-Moderate Risk\u201d tomorrow.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The City of Ottawa is experiencing some of the worst air quality in the world due to wildfire smoke on Friday, with the poor air quality expected to continue into Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>A special air quality statement remains in effect for Ottawa, eastern Ontario and western Quebec, warning smoke is causing poor air quality and reduced visibility.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHigh risk air quality due to wildfire smoke is expected over the area overnight. As smoke levels increase, health risks increase,\u201d Environment Canada said in an updated statement at 5&nbsp;p.m. Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLimit time outdoors. Consider reducing or rescheduling outdoor sports, activities and events.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ottawa\u2019s air quality was rated 10+ or \u201cVery High Risk\u201d at 4&nbsp;p.m., after a slight improvement earlier in the day. The Air Quality Health Index shows Ottawa\u2019s air quality will be or 10 or \u201cHigh Risk\u201d tonight, improving to to \u201c5-Moderate Risk\u201d tomorrow.<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/news\/ottawas-air-quality-among-the-worst-in-the-world-as-wildfire-smoke-blankets-the-region\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Ottawa\u2019s air quality among the worst in the world as wildfire smoke blankets the region<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[96,126,1150,1129,138,119,137,249,70,207,165],"class_list":["post-8754","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-canada","tag-climate-crisis","tag-environment-and-climate-change-canada","tag-forest-fires","tag-gatineau","tag-ontario","tag-ottawa","tag-ottawa-gatineau","tag-quebec","tag-wildfire-smoke","tag-wildfires","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8754"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8756,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8754\/revisions\/8756"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8754"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stillcoviding.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}