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<journal-id journal-id-type="publisher">ESSDD</journal-id>
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<journal-title>Earth System Science Data Discussions</journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="publisher">ESSDD</abbrev-journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title abbrev-type="nlm-ta">Earth Syst. Sci. Data Discuss.</abbrev-journal-title>
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<issn pub-type="epub">1866-3591</issn>
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<publisher-loc>Göttingen, Germany</publisher-loc>
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<article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.5194/essd-2026-378</article-id>
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<article-title>WSDS-CAN: Wildfire Spread Prediction Dataset for Canadian Boreal Forests</article-title>
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<contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Keshmiri</surname>
<given-names>Hossein</given-names>
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<sup>1</sup>
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<contrib contrib-type="author" xlink:type="simple"><name name-style="western"><surname>Wahid</surname>
<given-names>Khan Arif</given-names>
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<label>1</label>
<addr-line>Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Canada</addr-line>
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<pub-date pub-type="epub">
<day>22</day>
<month>07</month>
<year>2026</year>
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<volume>2026</volume>
<fpage>1</fpage>
<lpage>15</lpage>
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<copyright-statement>Copyright: &#x000a9; 2026 Hossein Keshmiri</copyright-statement>
<copyright-year>2026</copyright-year>
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<license-p>This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. To view a copy of this licence, visit <ext-link ext-link-type="uri"  xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/</ext-link></license-p>
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<p>The development of high-fidelity wildfire spread models is contingent upon the availability of spatially and temporally aligned multi-layer datasets. Existing global and continental databases have successfully catalogued fire events; however, they are often constrained by coarse spatial resolutions or absence of environmental variables. Additionally, there is a significant scarcity of machine-learning-ready open-access datasets dedicated to the Canadian landscape. This leaves a critical gap in the data available for modelling fire-front dynamics characteristic of Canadian ecosystems. In this paper, we introduce a comprehensive, multi-layer wildfire perimeter prediction dataset engineered specifically for the Canadian boreal forest, covering the period from 2001 to 2020. Unlike previous catalogues, this dataset includes 2,565 distinct fire events with a minimum area threshold of 1 ha (0.01 km&lt;sup&gt;2&lt;/sup&gt;), capturing a more inclusive historical record of fire activity. The curation process involves a rigorous integration of final burned geometries from the Canadian National Fire Database (CNFDB) with fire-adapted environmental covariates, including high-frequency meteorological indices, static topographical features, and fuel parameters. To facilitate machine learning applications, the data is processed into a format suitable for tasks such as fire segmentation and perimeter prediction, with spatial resolutions adapted to the scale of individual fire events. By providing granular inputs for both small-scale ignitions and complex fire perimeters, this dataset serves as a foundational resource for advancing predictive modelling and real-time surveillance pipelines in northern forest environments.</p>
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<funding-source>Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada</funding-source>
<award-id>RGPIN-2018-06274</award-id>
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