Toronto Air Quality Ranks Among Worst in the World Amid Wildfires

Smoke from wildfires burning across both Ontario and Quebec blanket the skyline in Kingston, Ont., on June 6, 2023. Lars Hagberg/The Canadian Press

In a top 100 ranking of poor air quality and pollution in cities around the world, Toronto ranked sixth place for unhealthy air Wednesday.

The IQ Air Quality Index produces a daily live, major city ranking, and on June 28 at 7 p.m. ET, Toronto took one of the top spots on the list, with smoke from forest fires in parts of northeastern Ontario and Quebec hanging over the city.