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. It was also the biggest in recorded North American history, even more than the 2020 Western US wildfire season.
| Canadian wildfires of 2023 | |
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| Location | Canada (all 13 provinces and territories) |
| Statistics | |
| Total fires | 6,018 (as of August 29, 2023) |
| Total area | 15.196 million ha (37.55 million acres) (as of August 29, 2023) |
| Date(s) | March 2023 – November 2023 |
| Deaths | 9 |
| Evacuated | 155,856 people (as of July 7, 2023) |
| Map | |
Perimeters of 2023 Canadian wildfires - season to date (map data) | |
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