Overview

• Thirty-seven percent of Canadians say they were personally affected by extreme weather, up from 23 percent in June, according to a Leger poll conducted Sept. 19–21.
• Sixty-five percent nationally reported staying indoors because of poor air quality, rising to 86 percent in Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
• This year’s fires burned nearly 9 million hectares, an area larger than New Brunswick and the second-worst wildfire season on record.
• Reports of emotional stress fell to 23 percent from 39 percent since June, and cancelled travel dropped to 18 percent from 27 percent.
• The online survey of 1,500 respondents cannot be assigned a margin of error per CRIC, and Leger noted 26 percent chose “other” or “none,” suggesting some subtle impacts may be undercounted.