The area of land burned by wildfires in the last six weeks has almost reached the 10-year average for the whole fire season

Cumulative weekly area burned in Canada from the start of fire season, millions of hectares

3m hectares

2.75m

10-year

average

2.72m

2023

2

1

0

Week 1

of fire season

5

10

15

20

3m hectares

2.72m

2023

2.75m

10-year

average

2

1

0

Week 1 of fire season

5

10

15

20

Guardian graphic. Source: Canadian Wildland Fire Information System