THE AMS Dashboard

Bulkley Valley & Lakes District

Clean Air Dashboard

Healthy air. Healthy people. Healthy communities.

Live air quality monitoring

Explore the latest available air-quality readings from the purple air network and the BC Ministry of Environment monitoring network. Select a monitoring station near the Bulkley Valley to view its available measurements.

Our eight key indicators

Live indicators link to current provincial monitoring. Other measures require annual or seasonal reporting by the Clean Air Plan and its partners.

01

PM2.5 annual average

Data to be reported

Annual validated monitoring result. Report the year and monitoring station.

03

PM10 annual average

Data to be reported

Annual validated monitoring result. Report the year and monitoring station.

04

Winter smoke advisory days

Data to be reported

Seasonal count of winter smoke advisories issued for the region.

05

Fall open-burning advisory days

Data to be reported

Seasonal count of fall open-burning advisories.

06

Residential woodstoves exchanged

Data to be reported

Annual or cumulative count confirmed by program records.

07

Participating stakeholder organizations

Data to be reported

Organizations actively contributing to Clean Air Plan actions.

08

Community clean-air spaces

Data to be reported

Confirmed public facilities or community spaces available during smoke events.

Community monitoring network

Our PurpleAir Sensors

Real-time neighbourhood-level monitoring of fine particulate matter (PM2.5) across the Bulkley Valley and Lakes District. See how air quality can vary from one community to another.

Open UNBC AQmap ↗ Open current AQmap ↗ Open PurpleAir regional map ↗

PM2.5 monitoring

PurpleAir sensors estimate fine particulate matter, including particles associated with wood smoke and wildfire smoke.

Local conditions

Compare readings between sensor locations to see how neighbourhood air quality can differ.

Community awareness

Use local readings alongside official monitoring, smoke forecasts and public health guidance.

Understanding PurpleAir readings: PurpleAir sensors are useful community monitoring tools, but they are not equivalent to regulatory-grade monitoring stations. Readings can be affected by humidity, sensor condition and location. Use them to understand local patterns and changing conditions, not as official regulatory measurements or substitutes for provincial air-quality advisories.

British Columbia — live monitoring map

Official provincial map · refreshed approximately every 60 minutes

Open full monitoring map ↗ PM2.5 readings ↗ AQHI map ↗ Smithers AQHI ↗
About live readings: Provincial readings are preliminary and may be delayed or unavailable. Use validated data for annual averages, formal comparisons and reporting against air-quality objectives. The Smithers AQHI page is provided as a link; its current conditions are not intended for republication.

Wildfire smoke forecast

See the BlueSky Canada forecast for projected wildfire smoke and ground-level PM2.5 over the coming days. Forecasts are model estimates, not local measurements.

View current BlueSky smoke forecast ↗

Working together for cleaner air

The dashboard brings together provincial monitoring and local progress reporting to support healthier communities across the Bulkley Valley and Lakes District.

BC live air-quality data   |   BlueSky smoke forecast

Data sources: BC Ministry of Environment and Parks; Environment and Climate Change Canada; BlueSky Canada / University of British Columbia. Provincial live data are preliminary and subject to quality assurance. Annual indicators should be populated from validated data and confirmed local program records. Last reviewed: November 2026.