Government of Canada Weather App
If you want official Canadian government AQHI data, you'll need the Government of Canada weather app WeatherCAN. I think it is iPhone only, not Apple Watch.
You won't often see the weather condition as simply "Smoke" unless that really predominates over other weather activity.
For an individual city, tap the down caret ⏑ on the main screen.
once you open the additional ▼ menu you will see Air quality with the current AQHI value and colour.
Tap that line or the > next to the AQHI value to see the Observed Conditions and Forecast Maximums as well as any Special Air Quality Statement that may be in effect.
On the detailed screen you can also click for a web table of the AQHI for the past 24 hours, in the upper right across from Observed Conditions click "Past 24 hours", and for a web table of forecast values for the next 24 hours, in the centre right across from Forecast Maximums, click "Next 24 hours".
If you do get the WeatherCAN app, you can set up custom air quality (AQHI) alerts, although if you have notifications disabled for the app, I don't see anywhere in-app that it actually alerts you.
How this differs from Apple Weather and Apple Watch
Apple Weather and Apple Watch use values from a company called BreezoMeter. I find the BreezoMeter values tend to be lower (indicating less risk) than the official values.
For more information see Air Quality as an Apple Watch complication.
Disclaimer
Although I am a Government of Canada employee, I have no involvement with the WeatherCAN app.
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