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When the fire season officially ended on October 31, the province had seen 775,000 hectares burned, compared to 2.2 million in 2023. [13] Jasper fire topped the list of Canada’s 10 most impactful weather stories of 2024. [31]
The fire burned around 23,015 hectares (56,871 acres) and between 30 and 40 structures were destroyed. [88] [89] The response to the fire included widespread evacuation orders of the surrounding area, displacing around 5000 people. [90] This wildfire was the largest recorded in the history of Nova Scotia. [84] [91]
Common factors across Canada were a quick snow melt, sometimes due to a below-average snowpack, and the warmest May-June period in more than 80 years. [2] Moderate to severe drought conditions from British Columbia to northern Ontario persisted until fall. [3] The rapid spread of the 2023 Canadian wildfires was exacerbated by the drought.
Canada has officially marked its worst wildfire season on record, with smoke from the blazes crossing the Atlantic Ocean and reaching western Europe on Monday.
largest fire in Alberta since the 1950 Chinchaga fire. Timmins Fire 9 Timmins Ontario: May–Nov 2012: 0: 39,540 hectares (97,700 acres) [21] Starting North of Gogama, Timmins 9 was the largest fire the area had seen in nearly a 100 years since the 1911 Great Porcupine Fire. L'Isle-Verte nursing home fire: L'Isle-Verte Quebec: Dec 2014: 32 [22]
The indigenous people of Canada for centuries intentionally set fires on the landscape for a variety of cultural needs. "They burned for medicinal plants, for food plants, to produce firewood, to ...
SS Noronic fire Fire/shipwreck Toronto, Ontario Central Canada 118+ 1950: 1950 Red River flood: Flood Manitoba: Prairies 3 1951 June 15: Hospice Sainte-Cunégonde fire: Fire Montreal, Quebec: Central Canada 35 1952 January 14: McGregor Mine explosion: Mining disaster Stellarton, Nova Scotia: Maritimes 19 1952 July 9: No. 20 Colliery explosion ...
Toronto Emergency Management coordinates the City of Toronto’s emergency response efforts in collaboration with emergency services such as the Toronto Police Service, Toronto Fire Services, and Toronto Paramedic Services, as well as other city divisions, agencies, and corporations. While routine incidents are managed independently by these ...