As of September 9, Canada has had 3,621 fires and a total of about 235,124 hectares burned. Overall, theses values are lower than the national 5-, 10-, and 15-year averages. Canada’s 10-year average is 5,639 fires and 2,864,437 ha burned.
This has been a relatively quiet fire year on a national level, with many jurisdictions proactively enacting fire bans and wide scale restrictions early in the spring due to COVID-19 measures. The national preparedness level did not reach level 4 or 5 this year, unlike 2017 and 2018 where a large portion of the summer was spent at preparedness level 5.
Regionally, Quebec experienced one of its most active fire seasons in a decade, seeing 674 fires and a total area of 68,768 total hectares (ha) burned; Quebec’s 10 year average is 461 fires and 235,767 ha. Other regions also saw periods of active fire, although total numbers of fires and area burned in most regions were well below their respective 10-year averages. Saskatchewan and Manitoba saw fires of over 25,000 ha in early spring. Southeast British Columbia is continuing to see active wildland fire.
https://cwfis.cfs.nrcan.gc.ca/report