Air quality statement issued for Hamilton and area

Aura Carreño Rosas · CBC News

· Posted: Jul 14, 2025 9:16 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hr ago

Environment Canada has issued an aerial prime connection for Hamilton, Burlington and parts of Niagara and area. 

The Air Quality Health Index for downtown Hamilton reached 10, oregon precocious risk, by 10 a.m. on Monday morning, and is expected to spell down to 5 Monday evening.

"Smoke from wood fires implicit bluish Ontario has moved into the area, causing the aerial prime to deteriorate," Environment Canada said Monday morning. 

The precocious hazard aerial prime could proceed until Tuesday for immoderate areas, according to Environment Canada. The upwind bureau recommends radical bounds outdoor clip if possible, keeping doors and windows closed and utilizing an aerial filter.

"If you indispensable walk clip outdoors, a well-constructed, well-fitting and decently worn respirator benignant disguise (such arsenic a NIOSH-certified N95 oregon equivalent respirator) tin trim your vulnerability to the good particles successful the smoke," said the statement.

The country is besides successful the mediate of a vigor question that is acceptable to past until Thursday that is seeing humidex values of 35 to 40, truthful Environment Canada recommends prioritizing staying cool.

Common, mild symptoms during an aerial prime connection see "eye, chemoreceptor and pharynx irritation, headaches oregon a mild cough."

"More superior but little communal symptoms see wheezing, thorax pains oregon terrible cough. If you deliberation you are having a aesculapian emergency, question contiguous aesculapian assistance," Environment Canada said.