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WOCN21 CWUL 081238  
SPECIAL AIR QUALITY STATEMENT  
FOR QUEBEC  
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA  
AT 8:38 A.M. EDT SUNDAY 8 JUNE 2025.  
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SPECIAL AIR QUALITY STATEMENT FOR:  
EASTERN TOWNSHIPS.  
 
SPECIAL AIR QUALITY STATEMENT ENDED FOR:  
GATINEAU  
METRO MONTREAL - LAVAL  
VAUDREUIL - SOULANGES - HUNTINGDON  
RICHELIEU VALLEY - SAINT-HYACINTHE  
LANAUDIERE  
LACHUTE - SAINT-JEROME  
LAURENTIANS  
MONT-TREMBLANT PARK - SAINT-MICHEL-DES-SAINTS  
UPPER GATINEAU - LIEVRE - PAPINEAU  
DRUMMONDVILLE - BOIS-FRANCS.  
 
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==DISCUSSION==  
 
SMOKE FROM WILDFIRES IN THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES WILL CAUSE POOR AIR  
QUALITY AND REDUCED VISIBILITIES TODAY.  
 
PEOPLE MOST LIKELY TO SUFFER HEALTH EFFECTS FROM AIR POLLUTION,  
INCLUDING PEOPLE AGED 65 AND OLDER,  
PREGNANT PEOPLE, INFANTS AND YOUNG CHILDREN, PEOPLE WITH AN EXISTING  
ILLNESS OR CHRONIC HEALTH  
CONDITION AND PEOPLE WHO WORK OUTDOORS, SHOULD AVOID STRENUOUS  
ACTIVITIES OUTDOORS AND SEEK MEDICAL ATTENTION IF EXPERIENCING  
SYMPTOMS.  
 
AS SMOKE LEVELS INCREASE, HEALTH RISKS INCREASE. LIMIT TIME  
OUTDOORS. CONSIDER REDUCING OR RESCHEDULING OUTDOOR SPORTS,  
ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS.  
 
YOU MAY EXPERIENCE MILD AND COMMON SYMPTOMS SUCH AS EYE, NOSE AND  
THROAT IRRITATION, HEADACHES OR A MILD COUGH. MORE SERIOUS BUT LESS  
COMMON SYMPTOMS INCLUDE WHEEZING, CHEST PAINS OR SEVERE COUGH. IF  
YOU THINK YOU ARE HAVING A MEDICAL EMERGENCY, SEEK IMMEDIATE MEDICAL  
ASSISTANCE.  
 
WHEN INDOORS, KEEP WINDOWS AND DOORS CLOSED AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.  
WHEN THERE IS AN EXTREME HEAT EVENT OCCURRING WITH POOR AIR QUALITY,  
PRIORITIZE KEEPING COOL.  
 
PROTECT YOUR INDOOR AIR FROM WILDFIRE SMOKE. ACTIONS CAN INCLUDE  
USING A CLEAN, GOOD QUALITY AIR FILTER IN YOUR VENTILATION SYSTEM  
AND/OR A CERTIFIED PORTABLE AIR CLEANER THAT CAN FILTER FINE  
PARTICLES.  
 
IF YOU MUST SPEND TIME OUTDOORS, A WELL-CONSTRUCTED, WELL-FITTING  
AND PROPERLY WORN RESPIRATOR TYPE MASK (SUCH AS A NIOSH-CERTIFIED  
N95 OR EQUIVALENT RESPIRATOR) CAN REDUCE YOUR EXPOSURE TO THE FINE  
PARTICLES IN THE SMOKE. EVEN THOUGH EXPOSURE MAY BE REDUCED, THERE  
CAN STILL BE RISKS TO HEALTH.  
 
CHECK IN ON OTHERS WHO ARE IN YOUR CARE OR LIVE NEARBY WHO MAY BE  
MORE LIKELY TO BE IMPACTED BY OUTDOOR AIR POLLUTION.  
 
ALWAYS FOLLOW GUIDANCE FROM LOCAL AUTHORITIES.  
 
LEARN MORE AT HTTPS://WWW.CANADA.CA/WILDFIRE-SMOKE.  
 
PLEASE CONTINUE TO MONITOR ALERTS AND FORECASTS ISSUED BY  
ENVIRONMENT CANADA.  
 
HTTP://WEATHER.GC.CA  
 
END/QSPC  
 
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