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ARTICLE · 29 AUGUST 2023

Out Of The Woods: How Far Will Canada's Wildfires Spread?

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Canada's 2023 wildfire season is officially its worst on record, the total burned area has surpassed 8.33 million hectares, breaking the previous record for the largest area burned in a single year.

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Daniel Bannister
Daniel Bannister

Canada's 2023 wildfire season is officially its worst on record, the total burned area has surpassed 8.33 million hectares, breaking the previous record for the largest area burned in a single year.

Unprecedented Magnitude

Canada's 2023 wildfire season made history on June 30, by surpassing the previous record of 8.02 million hectares of burned area in a single season, set in 1989 (Figure 1). This area was reached after only 60 days of the May-September fire season, which is in stark contrast to 1989, which took 153 days to reach the same area of destruction.

Canada's 2023 wildfire season made history on June 30, by surpassing the previous record of 8.02 million hectares of burned area in a single season.

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