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In general, since the 1970s and 1980s, the total annual number of wildfires has decreased but the area burned in Canada has increased. [18] Since 1959, the number of large fires greater than 200 ha (490 acres) has increased and the average fire season has become longer by about two weeks. [19] In Canada, wildfire season usually starts in May. [20]
2024 Canadian wildfires. The 2024 wildfires in Canada began as an extension of the record-setting 2023 wildfires. The country experienced an unusually long fire season in 2023 that had extended into the autumn; these fires smouldered through the winter and about 150 re-ignited as early as February 2024. [2][3] By early May, large wildfires had ...
The dry conditions contributed to an unusually high number of wildfires throughout Atlantic Canada. In May and the first week of June, Newfoundland and Labrador experienced more than 10 times its usual number of wildfires. [13] Nova Scotia set an all-time historical record for fires, including four out-of-control fires by June 1st. [14]
English: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data [2023], processed by Pierre Markuse Fire in Saskatchewan, Canada (Lat: 56.379, Lng: -107.972) - 12 June 2023 Image is about 35 kilometers wide
2023 June 15 Carberry bus crash: Vehicle collision Near Carberry, Manitoba: Prairies and West Coast At least 15 TBD Crash on the Trans-Canada Highway [61] 2023 July 21-July 22 2023 Nova Scotia floods: Flood Nova Scotia: Eastern Canada 4 Prolonged record rainfall. Estimated $140 million in damages 2023 July 28 2023 Alberta plane crash Plane crash
This page documents all tornadoes confirmed by Environment Canada and the University of Western Ontario's Northern Tornadoes Project (NTP) in Canada throughout 2023. Based on statistical modelling by Sills et al. (2012), an average of 230 tornadoes likely occur across the country each year; however, only 61 of these are actually documented annually based on 1980–2009 averages. [1]
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 McDougall Creek Fire was a wildfire in the Okanagan region of British Columbia, Canada as part of the 2023 Canadian wildfires. It started near West Kelowna on August 15, 2023, and was discovered at 5:59 pm PDT. [1] The wildfire forced the evacuation of West Kelowna and parts of Kelowna. Overall, at least 35,000 people were under evacuation ...