Overview

• After drought and above-normal temperatures fueled an early season, wildfire activity has reignited following a June slowdown as Canada enters its two peak months, with over 560 blazes still active.
• Nearly six million hectares have burned so far—surpassing last year’s 5.3 million but well below 2023’s 18 million total.
• Manitoba declared a second state of emergency on July 10 after this year’s burned area topped ten times its seasonal average.
• Ottawa has enlisted 533 firefighters from the United States, New Zealand, Australia, Costa Rica and Mexico to support provincial crews.
• Spring evacuations displaced 39,000 Indigenous residents, with First Nations communities 108 times more likely to face emergency relocations.