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WOCN21 CWUL 040922
SPECIAL AIR QUALITY STATEMENT
FOR QUEBEC
UPDATED BY ENVIRONMENT CANADA
AT 5:22 A.M. EDT MONDAY 4 AUGUST 2025.
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SPECIAL AIR QUALITY STATEMENT 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
PONTIAC
KAMOURASKA - RIVIERE-DU-LOUP - TROIS-PISTOLES
TEMISCOUATA
RESTIGOUCHE - BONAVENTURE
NEW CARLISLE - CHANDLER
FORILLON NATIONAL PARK - GASPE - PERCE
EASTERN TOWNSHIPS
BEAUCE
DRUMMONDVILLE - BOIS-FRANCS
MAURICIE
QUEBEC
MONTMAGNY - L'ISLET
CHARLEVOIX.
SPECIAL AIR QUALITY STATEMENT ENDED FOR:
MONT-LAURIER
LA VERENDRYE WILDLIFE RESERVE
TEMISCAMINGUE.
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==DISCUSSION==
SMOKE FROM WILDFIRES IN THE PRAIRIES WILL CAUSE POOR AIR QUALITY AND
REDUCED VISIBILITIES TODAY. CONDITIONS WILL GRADUALLY IMPROVE DURING
THE DAY.
PEOPLE MOST VULNERABLE TO THE EFFECTS OF AIR POLLUTION
ON HEALTH, 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
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