Sudbury's air quality is currently listed by Air Quality Ontario as 10+ Wednesday, or very high risk
With the eerie skies over Greater Sudbury Tuesday and Wednesday due to wildfire smoke drift from Northwestern Ontario, people have been taking to social media to post photos. Sudbury.com put the call out on social media for photos, and this gallery is the result. The city is currently under a yellow warning for air quality, while other areas in the region, including Espanola, Killarney and Manitoulin Island, are under a higher orange warning for air quality.
Sudbury's air quality is currently listed by Air Quality Ontario as 10+, or very high risk, but it's supposed to clear up this evening to low risk.
- Published
- Jul 15, 2026
- Updated
- Jul 15, 2026
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- Sudbury.com
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- Environment
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- 1 min
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