Overview

• Federal data show 7.8 million hectares burned so far in 2025, making it the second-highest annual total after 2023.
• There are 707 active wildfires across Canada, with 68 blazes still out of control mainly in the prairies and British Columbia.
• About 13,000 residents from First Nations communities remain under evacuation orders as military airlifts ferry them to emergency shelters.
• This summer 563 Canadian firefighters and 1,600 international personnel have been dispatched to tackle the blazes, highlighting stretched provincial and federal capacities.
• Since 2023 over 25 million hectares have burned, producing smoke plumes that crossed into U.S. regions and triggered complaints from local politicians.