2023 Canadian wildfires
series of wildfires affecting Canada in 2023
Starting in March 2023, and getting worse starting in June, Canada has been affected by an ongoing series of wildfires. All 13 provinces and territories have been affected, with large fires in Alberta, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec. The 2023 wildfire season had seen the most land burned in Canada's recorded history, even more than the 1989, 1995, and 2014 fire seasons.[6][2] It was also the biggest in recorded North American history, even more than the 2020 Western US wildfire season.[7][8]
| Canadian wildfires of 2023 | |
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| Location | Canada (all 13 provinces and territories)[1] |
| Statistics | |
| Total fires | 6,018[2] (as of August 29, 2023) |
| Total area | 15.196 million ha (37.55 million acres)[2] (as of August 29, 2023) |
| Date(s) | March 2023 – November 2023 |
| Deaths | 9[3][4] |
| Evacuated | 155,856 people[5] (as of July 7, 2023) |
| Map | |
 Perimeters of 2023 Canadian wildfires - season to date (map data) | |
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References
change- ↑ Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. "National Fire Situation Reports (archive)". Archived from the original on August 16, 2023. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Fire Statistics". Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre. Archived from the original on August 29, 2023. Retrieved August 29, 2023.
- ↑ "Four B.C. Wildfire Service contract workers die in crash on Highway 1 near Walhachin". Vancouver Sun. 20 September 2023. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
- ↑ "Boy, nine, dies from asthma made worse by smoke from wildfires in Canada, parents say". The Independent. 18 July 2023.
- ↑ "Wildfires in Canada have broken records for area burned, evacuations and cost, official says". abcnews.go.com. The Associated Press. July 7, 2023. Archived from the original on July 8, 2023. Retrieved July 8, 2023.
- ↑ "Forest fire centre declares 2023 worst year ever for Canadian wildfires". The Globe and Mail. June 26, 2023. Archived from the original on June 27, 2023. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
- ↑ Dion, Mathieu (June 7, 2023). "Hundreds of Fires Are Out of Control in Canada's Worst-Ever Season". Bloomberg News. Archived from the original on June 7, 2023. Retrieved June 8, 2023.
- ↑ "The 7 largest wildfires in North American history". PropertyCasualty360. Archived from the original on December 1, 2020. Retrieved June 28, 2023.
