Skip to content
worldfires
en
CA · Canada

Municipalities that have burned most often in Canada

Municipalities of Canada with at least one fire larger than 1,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016: 417. With two or more: 186. Top of the list is Division No. 18, Unorganized, which has burned 475 times in 10 years, with 5,516,683 hectares burned inside its boundaries.

By number of fires

  1. 1Division No. 18, UnorganizedSaskatchewan475×10 years · 5,516,683 ha
  2. 2Division No. 23, UnorganizedManitoba257×11 years · 1,585,350 ha
  3. 3Yukon, UnorganizedYukon230×11 years · 1,471,857 ha
  4. 4Region 4, UnorganizedNorthwest Territories221×11 years · 2,184,049 ha
  5. 5Region 6, UnorganizedNorthwest Territories207×10 years · 1,726,088 ha
  6. 6Kenora, UnorganizedOntario194×10 years · 1,522,103 ha
  7. 7Eeyou Istchee Baie-JamesQuebec158×9 years · 4,212,220 ha
  8. 8Region 5, UnorganizedNorthwest Territories134×11 years · 1,954,581 ha
  9. 9Region 2, UnorganizedNorthwest Territories123×10 years · 1,352,680 ha
  10. 10Division No. 22, UnorganizedManitoba97×9 years · 549,152 ha
  11. 11Division No. 19, UnorganizedManitoba85×8 years · 1,090,071 ha
  12. 12Division No. 21, UnorganizedManitoba63×7 years · 585,397 ha
  13. 13Wood BuffaloAlberta58×10 years · 1,194,372 ha
  14. 14Mackenzie CountyAlberta54×10 years · 1,168,283 ha
  15. 15Region 3, UnorganizedNorthwest Territories51×9 years · 499,248 ha
  16. 16Northern RockiesBritish Columbia49×7 years · 1,794,699 ha
  17. 17Peace River BBritish Columbia41×7 years · 770,199 ha
  18. 18Opportunity No. 17Alberta36×8 years · 380,282 ha
  19. 19Improvement District No. 24 W*Alberta35×9 years · 627,739 ha
  20. 20Cariboo JBritish Columbia32×6 years · 404,267 ha

By hectares burned

  1. 1Division No. 18, UnorganizedSaskatchewan5,516,683 ha475× · 17 %
  2. 2Eeyou Istchee Baie-JamesQuebec4,212,220 ha158× · 12 %
  3. 3Region 4, UnorganizedNorthwest Territories2,184,049 ha221× · 11 %
  4. 4Region 5, UnorganizedNorthwest Territories1,954,581 ha134× · 9.7 %
  5. 5Northern RockiesBritish Columbia1,794,699 ha49× · 21 %
  6. 6Region 6, UnorganizedNorthwest Territories1,726,088 ha207× · 7.3 %
  7. 7Division No. 23, UnorganizedManitoba1,585,350 ha257× · 5.9 %
  8. 8Kenora, UnorganizedOntario1,522,103 ha194× · 3.5 %
  9. 9Yukon, UnorganizedYukon1,471,857 ha230× · 3.2 %
  10. 10Region 2, UnorganizedNorthwest Territories1,352,680 ha123× · 5.0 %
  11. 11Wood BuffaloAlberta1,194,372 ha58× · 18 %
  12. 12Mackenzie CountyAlberta1,168,283 ha54× · 14 %
  13. 13Division No. 19, UnorganizedManitoba1,090,071 ha85× · 13 %
  14. 14Peace River BBritish Columbia770,199 ha41× · 8.7 %
  15. 15Improvement District No. 24 W*Alberta627,739 ha35× · 17 %
  16. 16Division No. 21, UnorganizedManitoba585,397 ha63× · 9.9 %
  17. 17Division No. 22, UnorganizedManitoba549,152 ha97× · 5.3 %
  18. 18Region 3, UnorganizedNorthwest Territories499,248 ha51× · 15 %
  19. 19Bulkley-Nechako EBritish Columbia441,330 ha22× · 25 %
  20. 20Thompson-Nicola E (Bonaparte *British Columbia437,571 ha10× · 64 %

By share of the municipality (10 km² or more)

  1. 1Small Point-Adam's Cove-Black*Newfoundland and Labrador95 %2,268 ha · 24 km²
  2. 2105 Mile Post 2British Columbia89 %1,211 ha · 14 km²
  3. 3Stone 1British Columbia85 %1,340 ha · 16 km²
  4. 4Canoe Creek 2British Columbia83 %1,320 ha · 16 km²
  5. 5Quaaout 1British Columbia82 %1,405 ha · 17 km²
  6. 6BeauvalSaskatchewan70 %918 ha · 13 km²
  7. 7Leaf RapidsManitoba68 %97,290 ha · 1,423 km²
  8. 8Thompson-Nicola E (Bonaparte *British Columbia64 %437,571 ha · 6,785 km²
  9. 9Pine Creek 66AManitoba64 %5,340 ha · 84 km²
  10. 10Fort ProvidenceNorthwest Territories63 %16,648 ha · 263 km²
  11. 11Little Saskatchewan 48Manitoba62 %849 ha · 14 km²
  12. 12Shackan 11British Columbia61 %1,574 ha · 26 km²
  13. 13Osoyoos 1British Columbia60 %7,812 ha · 131 km²
  14. 14SummerlandBritish Columbia58 %4,503 ha · 77 km²
  15. 15Kootenay 1British Columbia58 %4,426 ha · 77 km²
  16. 16Little Grand Rapids 14Manitoba57 %1,332 ha · 23 km²
  17. 17Fort Good HopeNorthwest Territories57 %3,147 ha · 56 km²
  18. 18Fort SimpsonNorthwest Territories54 %4,791 ha · 89 km²
  19. 19Cache CreekBritish Columbia53 %551 ha · 10 km²
  20. 20Pukatawagan 198Manitoba50 %910 ha · 18 km²

How it is calculated

We count fires larger than 1,000 hectares with a perimeter since 2016 that reached each municipality, even partly. Hectares are those burned inside the municipality and are added fire by fire, so land that burned twice counts twice; that is why the share, given only for municipalities of 10 km² or more, can exceed 100 % (it is then shown as a multiple). It describes what happened: it does not measure risk or say anything about causes.