"Number of forest fires by region, Canada, 1990 to 2024",,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Year,Atlantic (Number of forest fires),British Columbia (Number of forest fires),Ontario (Number of forest fires),Prairies (Number of forest fires),Quebec (Number of forest fires),Territories (Number of forest fires),Total (number of fires),,,,,,,, 1990,1077,3255,1614,2825,851,390,10012,,,,,,,, 1991,1545,2014,2560,2378,1216,518,10231,,,,,,,, 1992,1005,3805,960,2058,765,401,8994,,,,,,,, 1993,826,1497,743,1760,543,609,5978,,,,,,,, 1994,953,4057,1106,2183,499,908,9706,,,,,,,, 1995,1069,1474,2197,2121,1265,366,8492,,,,,,,, 1996,748,1360,1302,1247,1250,499,6406,,,,,,,, 1997,850,1176,1654,1325,876,217,6098,,,,,,,, 1998,841,2663,2316,3522,854,597,10793,,,,,,,, 1999,1293,1198,1049,2724,1037,331,7632,,,,,,,, 2000,703,1551,659,1643,517,330,5403,,,,,,,, 2001,1213,1320,1612,2432,1005,196,7778,,,,,,,, 2002,716,1795,1163,3150,899,155,7878,,,,,,,, 2003,656,2490,1044,3124,720,237,8271,,,,,,,, 2004,660,2418,437,2072,322,581,6490,,,,,,,, 2005,732,1006,1981,2017,1375,344,7455,,,,,,,, 2006,628,2587,2293,3316,684,247,9755,,,,,,,, 2007,780,1641,1129,2135,939,295,6919,,,,,,,, 2008,495,2058,344,2803,223,316,6239,,,,,,,, 2009,547,3101,392,2443,485,178,7146,,,,,,,, 2010,479,1731,936,3120,740,313,7319,,,,,,,, 2011,227,684,1341,1839,331,257,4679,,,,,,,, 2012,837,1659,1636,2573,798,416,7919,,,,,,,, 2013,609,1879,582,2224,528,434,6256,,,,,,,, 2014,358,1478,309,2157,296,422,5020,,,,,,,, 2015,503,1871,675,3150,392,443,7034,,,,,,,, 2016,582,1075,657,2100,607,246,5267,,,,,,,, 2017,508,1400,781,2264,322,383,5658,,,,,,,, 2018,621,2123,1339,2317,597,114,7111,,,,,,,, 2019,428,843,541,1623,362,265,4062,,,,,,,, 2020,753,684,615,1156,712,94,4014,,,,,,,, 2021,382,1663,1206,2565,629,265,6710,,,,,,,, 2022,494,1818,281,2049,453,563,5658,,,,,,,, 2023,532,2301,760,1992,714,538,6837,,,,,,,, 2024,476,1741,498,2262,520,347,5844,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, "Note: Data include fires of known and unknown or indeterminable origin. The Territories region includes Yukon and Northwest Territories. Nunavut was not included as they are not a part of the data sharing agreement with Natural Resources Canada. The Prairies region includes Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta. The Atlantic region includes New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Newfoundland and Labrador. ",,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Source: Canadian Council of Forest Ministers (2025) National Forestry Database (http://nfdp.ccfm.org/en/data/fires.php).,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Available on the Environmental indicators website (www.canada.ca/environmental-indicators).,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,1