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Limits RegistryCanada's 2023 wildfire season burned roughly 15 million hectares according to Natural Resources Canada — more than double the previous national record from 1989 — with the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre's final tally reaching about 18.5 million hectares. Over 200 communities were evacuated and smoke reached as far as Europe.
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Canada's 2023 wildfire season burned roughly 15 million hectares according to Natural Resources Canada — more than double the previous national record from 1989 — with the Canadian Interagency Forest Fire Centre's final tally reaching about 18.5 million hectares. Over 200 communities were evacuated and smoke reached as far as Europe.
The largest area burned by wildfires within a single country in a single fire season, as documented by national fire agencies.
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Limits Registry. LR-LARGEST-NATIONAL-WILDFIRE-SEASON. Largest area burned in a national wildfire season. 2026.