July 6, 2026 — Finnish aerospace and data firm Iceye announced on Canada Day that it has expanded its wildfire intelligence capabilities to the Great White North.

Canada joins the U.S. and Australia as the only countries where insurers, governments and risk-management organizations have access to near real-time wildfire monitoring and building-level damage assessment.

Iceye’s network of radar-imaging satellites — also known as synthetic aperture radar satellites — collects data through smoke, cloud cover and darkness to help insurers and emergency officials assess wildfires in real time.

Synthetic aperture radar, or SAR, uses radar signals instead of regular camera images. The satellite sends radar pulses toward the ground and reads the signals that bounce back. Because it uses radar, it can capture images that regular cameras cannot.

“Canada has been on our radar for some time,” said Penelope Kourkouli, product manager at Iceye.

“This launch extends our wildfire product to a third major market and reflects the growing need for faster, more reliable wildfire intelligence in high-risk regions.”

Iceye, which is headquartered near Helsinki, operates globally with more than 1,000 employees in Poland, Spain, the U.K., Australia, Japan, the United Arab Emirates, Greece and the U.S.

It launched services in Canada for flood risks in 2022 and expanded its services here to include hurricane-related data in 2025.

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