Trees burned by the Bush Creek East Wildfire are seen in Squilax, B.C., Monday, Sept. 11, 2023.
It was a summer like no other in terms of wildfires across Canada, with some fires still burning. Here’s an overview of the unprecedented wildfire season and what it means for the future of the country's forests.It has been months since Canada surpassed the record for the worst wildfire season in recorded history in terms of area burned. Since June 27, to be exact. And some fires are still burning.That's the record that was broken nearly four months ago.
Overall, the FWI far exceeded the norm in nearly the entire country. The trend was clear early on in May, when northern Canada was the epicentre of a heat event, Daniels said. Boulanger was part of a team of international scientists that studied the wildfire season in Quebec, and found that climate change made the weather conditions that drove the wildfires
The dry, windy weather helped spread fires quickly, Daniels said, and in many cases they burned for months.
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