"Area burned by forest fires by region, Canada, 1990 to 2024",,,,,,, ,,,,,,, Year,Atlantic (square kilometres),British Columbia (square kilometres),Ontario (square kilometres),Prairies (square kilometres),Quebec (square kilometres),Territories (square kilometres),Total (square kilometers) 1990,320,758,1837,2911,833,2875,9534 1991,618,252,3188,3559,4383,3457,15458 1992,84,305,1760,5351,271,748,8518 1993,297,52,1047,7032,1282,9794,19504 1994,1114,298,1290,23715,1160,34490,62067 1995,17,481,7185,28800,7277,31052,74813 1996,840,207,5109,1539,6916,4626,19236 1997,95,30,406,506,3931,1380,6347 1998,410,768,2405,22440,4183,18027,48234 1999,424,116,3886,4813,977,7559,17774 2000,1045,178,93,2800,392,1859,6366 2001,23,142,167,4531,331,1341,6535 2002,156,86,1822,14802,10137,633,27636 2003,292,2834,3192,12718,882,1766,21685 2004,29,2203,19,7180,31,22370,31832 2005,193,368,425,3826,8001,4056,16869 2006,62,1394,1500,15123,1364,1564,21007 2007,127,300,407,8759,3427,4835,17855 2008,30,153,14,13218,16,3219,16649 2009,178,2475,209,1417,940,2408,7627 2010,16,3372,161,20115,3149,4979,31792 2011,6,132,6364,13651,124,3701,23978 2012,300,1032,1531,10985,640,3628,18117 2013,314,188,511,15409,18728,7534,42685 2014,95,3689,64,6725,639,34245,45457 2015,45,2810,427,26821,62,8919,39084 2016,118,1004,862,8101,339,2771,13196 2017,18,12299,1129,7740,384,14324,35894 2018,9,13609,2657,5122,863,1003,23264 2019,7,215,2697,11233,97,3612,17862 2020,64,147,155,971,600,246,2183 2021,9,8664,7846,21653,497,2120,40789 2022,186,1356,26,6153,297,7744,15762 2023,424,28425,4416,52240,42883,47677,176065 2024,684,10813,906,19599,2652,19089,53743 ,,,,,,, "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 Minister (2025) National Forestry Database (http://nfdp.ccfm.org/en/data/fires.php).,,,,,,, Available on the Environmental indicators website (www.canada.ca/environmental-indicators).,,,,,,,