Canada is on track to exceed the largest total amount of burned area in this year’s wildfire season. Here’s what Canada’s wildfire seasons and air quality looks like in maps
Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair announced the grim milestone Monday, saying more than 48,000 square kilometres have burned so far this year – and that’s before the hottest months of the year have even begun.
There were 452 wildfires burning on Monday in 10 provinces and two territories, with 221 out-of-control fires. Officials say the warm, dry conditions driving the fires are expected to prevail in nearly every province and territory through the summer. Canada is on track to exceed the largest total amount of burned area with 2,214 wildfires and 3.3 million hectares burned so far, according to data released June 4 by Natural Resources Canada. Evacuations have been widespread across the country, with more than 100,000 people in nine provinces and territories forced to leave their homes as quickly spreading flames approached.
By 2050, Canada is expected to see wildfire burn area double, as droughts and extreme heat caused by climate change intensify.The current active wildfires across CanadaThe amount of burned area across the country as of last week is And it’s way higher than the annual average of 2.9 million hectares burned in the 2010s – which itself was way higher than the 1.7 million hectares annually in the 2000s.
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