Number of wildfires breach 5,000 mark in current season

Number of wildfires breach 5,000 mark in current season

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Number of wildfires breach 5,000 mark in current season

Year-to-date total of hectares burned revealed

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By
Terry Gangcuangco

The Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre (CIFFC) has published year-to-date (YTD) figures for the current wildfire season, revealing that the running total of wildland fires has now breached the 5,000 mark.




Agency



2023 fires



2024 fires (YTD)



2023 area burned in hectares



2024 area burned in hectares (YTD)







British Columbia



1,981



1,561



1,810,238



1,022,607





Yukon



203



143



220,067



162,346





Alberta



908



1,107



2,020,648



706,716





Northwest Territories



277



167



2,968,848



1,581,215





Saskatchewan



385



504



251,969



784,678





Manitoba



280



275



101,272



250,179





Ontario



675



348



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346,879



70,469





Quebec



674



443



4,233,931



247,761





Newfoundland and Labrador



97



71



21,881



72,420





New Brunswick



197



231



892



187





Nova Scotia



215



71



24,820



47





Prince Edward Island



7



0



8



0





Parks Canada



100



87



771,821



90,382





Total



5,999



5,008



12,773,275



4,989,008




 

CIFFC said the total amounts include fires from the 2023 fire season that are still listed as active.

The national wildfire agency went on to report: “Significant mobilization of resources through CIFFC is required to assist operations in the active agencies. Agency priorities need to be considered as a necessary measure to address the demand for shared resources among multiple active agencies. There is a moderate to high probability that drawing down resources from non-active agencies may pose a risk should existing conditions change.”

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