List of fires in Canada
Updated: 10/31/2025, 9:24:37 PM Wikipedia source
This is a list of fires in Canada. Numbers for buildings only include those destroyed, and area is given in hectares and is converted to acres.
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1825 Miramichi fire
1825 Miramichi fire
Article
1825 Miramichi fire
Location
Northern New Brunswick
Province
New Brunswick
Date
Oct 1825
Deaths
160 to 300
Area in ha/a
1,000,000 to 2,000,000 hectares (2,500,000 to 4,900,000 acres)
Comments
A series of wildfires.
Fire in Quebec City
Fire in Quebec City
Article
Fire in Quebec City
Location
Quebec City
Province
Province of Canada (Quebec)
Date
May 1845
Deaths
20
Damage
$1 million
Buildings
100+
Fire in Quebec City
Fire in Quebec City
Article
Fire in Quebec City
Location
Quebec City
Province
Province of Canada (Quebec)
Date
Jun 1845
Deaths
40
Damage
$1.5 million
Buildings
1,200
Great Fire of 1846
Great Fire of 1846
Article
Great Fire of 1846
Location
St. John's
Province
Colony of Newfoundland
Date
Jun 1846
Deaths
3
Damage
£888,356
Area in ha/a
600 hectares (1,500 acres)
Fire in Toronto
Fire in Toronto
Article
Fire in Toronto
Location
Toronto
Province
Province of Canada (Upper Canada)
Date
Apr 1849
Damage
$500,000
Fire in Montreal
Fire in Montreal
Article
Fire in Montreal
Location
Montreal
Province
Province of Canada (Quebec)
Date
Jun 1850
Deaths
0
Damage
$500,000
Buildings
100
Great Fire of 1852
Great Fire of 1852
Article
Great Fire of 1852
Location
Montreal
Province
Province of Canada (Quebec)
Date
Jul1852
Deaths
0
Damage
$5 million
Buildings
1,200
Comments
Nearly half of city's housing destroyed.
Great Fire of Quebec City
Great Fire of Quebec City
Article
Great Fire of Quebec City
Location
Quebec City
Province
Province of Canada (Quebec)
Date
Oct 1866
Damage
$3 million
Buildings
2,500
Saguenay Fire
Saguenay Fire
Article
Saguenay Fire
Location
Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec
Province
Quebec
Date
May 1870
Deaths
7
Area in ha/a
15,000 hectares (37,000 acres)
Comments
Nearly 1/3 of the population lost everything.
Fire in Quebec City
Fire in Quebec City
Article
Fire in Quebec City
Location
Quebec City
Province
Quebec
Date
May 1876
Damage
$800,000
Buildings
700
Fire in Saint-Jean
Fire in Saint-Jean
Article
Fire in Saint-Jean
Location
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
Province
Quebec
Date
Jun 1876
Damage
$2.5 million
Fire in Saint-Hyacinthe
Fire in Saint-Hyacinthe
Article
Fire in Saint-Hyacinthe
Location
Saint-Hyacinthe
Province
Quebec
Date
Sep 1876
Damage
$1.25 million
Buildings
583
Great Fire of Saint John
Great Fire of Saint John
Article
Great Fire of Saint John
Location
Saint John
Province
New Brunswick
Date
Jun 1877
Deaths
19
Damage
$28 million
Buildings
1,612
Fire in Hamilton
Fire in Hamilton
Article
Fire in Hamilton
Location
Hamilton
Province
Ontario
Date
Aug 1879
Damage
$500,000
Fire in Quebec City
Fire in Quebec City
Article
Fire in Quebec City
Location
Quebec City
Province
Quebec
Date
Jun 1881
Damage
$2 million
Buildings
800
Fire in Toronto
Fire in Toronto
Article
Fire in Toronto
Location
Toronto
Province
Ontario
Date
Jan 1885
Damage
$700,000
Great Vancouver Fire
Great Vancouver Fire
Article
Great Vancouver Fire
Location
Vancouver
Province
British Columbia
Date
Jun 1886
Deaths
24 to 28
Damage
$1.3 million
Calgary Fire of 1886
Calgary Fire of 1886
Article
Calgary Fire of 1886
Location
Calgary
Province
North-West Territories (now Alberta)
Date
Nov 1886
Deaths
0
Damage
$103,200
Great Fire of 1892
Great Fire of 1892
Article
Great Fire of 1892
Location
St. John's
Province
Colony of Newfoundland
Date
Jul1892
Damage
$13 million
Simpson's fire in Toronto
Simpson's fire in Toronto
Article
Simpson's fire in Toronto
Location
Toronto
Province
Ontario
Date
Jan 1895
Damage
$600,000
Fire in Windsor
Fire in Windsor
Article
Fire in Windsor
Location
Windsor
Province
Nova Scotia
Date
Oct 1897
Damage
$4 million
Comments
Most of the town destroyed.
Fire in New Westminster
Fire in New Westminster
Article
Fire in New Westminster
Location
New Westminster
Province
British Columbia
Date
Sep 1898
Damage
$2 million
Warehouse fire in Montreal
Warehouse fire in Montreal
Article
Warehouse fire in Montreal
Location
Montreal
Province
Quebec
Date
Dec 1898
Damage
$8 million
Warehouse fire in Montreal
Warehouse fire in Montreal
Article
Warehouse fire in Montreal
Location
Montreal
Province
Quebec
Date
Jan 1900
Damage
$2.5 million
1900 Hull–Ottawa fire
1900 Hull–Ottawa fire
Article
1900 Hull–Ottawa fire
Location
Hull
Province
Quebec
Date
Apr 1900
Deaths
7
Damage
$7.5 million
Comments
Destroyed 2/3 of Hull.
Fire in Sydney
Fire in Sydney
Article
Fire in Sydney
Location
Sydney
Province
Nova Scotia
Date
Oct 1901
Damage
$500,000
Buildings
60+
Fire in Ottawa
Fire in Ottawa
Article
Fire in Ottawa
Location
Ottawa
Province
Ontario
Date
May 1903
Damage
$500,000
Buildings
300+
Fire in Saint-Hyacinthe
Fire in Saint-Hyacinthe
Article
Fire in Saint-Hyacinthe
Location
Saint-Hyacinthe
Province
Quebec
Date
May 1903
Damage
$500,000
Buildings
400+
Great Toronto Fire
Great Toronto Fire
Article
Great Toronto Fire
Location
Toronto
Province
Ontario
Date
Apr 1904
Damage
$13 million
Fire in Trois-Rivières
Fire in Trois-Rivières
Article
Fire in Trois-Rivières
Location
Trois-Rivières
Province
Quebec
Date
Jun 1908
Damage
$2 million
Fire in Fernie
Fire in Fernie
Article
Fire in Fernie
Location
Fernie
Province
British Columbia
Date
Aug 1908
Damage
$4 million
Comments
Most of the town was destroyed.
Great Porcupine Fire
Great Porcupine Fire
Article
Great Porcupine Fire
Location
Timmins
Province
Ontario
Date
Jul1911
Deaths
73 to 200
Area in ha/a
199,915 hectares (494,000 acres)
Matheson Fire
Matheson Fire
Article
Matheson Fire
Location
Black River-Matheson
Province
Ontario
Date
Jul1916
Deaths
223 to 244
Buildings
49 townships
Area in ha/a
200,000 hectares (490,000 acres)
Comments
The worst fire on record in Ontario's history. Destroyed 49 townships, including the villages of Kelso, Val Gagné, and Iroquois Falls.
Great Fire of 1919
Great Fire of 1919
Article
Great Fire of 1919
Location
Saskatchewan and eastern Alberta
Province
Alberta Saskatchewan
Date
May 1919
Deaths
11
Area in ha/a
2,000,000 hectares (4,900,000 acres)
Comments
The first major fire at the wildland-urban interface of the Prairie Provinces.
Great Fire of 1922
Great Fire of 1922
Article
Great Fire of 1922
Location
Timiskaming District
Province
Ontario
Date
Oct 1922
Deaths
43
Damage
$2 million
Area in ha/a
168,000 hectares (420,000 acres)
Knights of Columbus Hostel fire
Knights of Columbus Hostel fire
Article
Knights of Columbus Hostel fire
Location
St. John's
Province
Dominion of Newfoundland
Date
Dec 1942
Deaths
99
Mississagi Fire of 1948
Mississagi Fire of 1948
Article
Mississagi Fire of 1948
Location
Mississagi River
Province
Ontario
Date
May–Jul 1948
Deaths
1
Area in ha/a
280,000 hectares (690,000 acres)
Comments
The fire destroyed land over a two-month period between Chapleau and Thessalon.
Chinchaga fire
Chinchaga fire
Article
Chinchaga fire
Location
Northern British Columbia and Alberta
Province
Alberta British Columbia
Date
Jun–Oct 1950
Deaths
0
Area in ha/a
1,400,000 to 1,700,000 hectares (3,500,000 to 4,200,000 acres)
Comments
Largest recorded single fire in North American history.
Notre-Dame-du-Lac seniors' home fire
Notre-Dame-du-Lac seniors' home fire
Article
Notre-Dame-du-Lac seniors' home fire
Location
Notre-Dame-du-Lac
Province
Quebec
Date
Dec 1969
Deaths
40
Opémiska Community Hall fire
Opémiska Community Hall fire
Article
Opémiska Community Hall fire
Location
Chapais
Province
Quebec
Date
Jan 1980
Deaths
48
Manitoba wildfires
Manitoba wildfires
Article
Manitoba wildfires
Location
Manitoba
Province
Manitoba
Date
May, Jul–Aug 1989
Buildings
100 homes
Area in ha/a
2,500,000 hectares (6,200,000 acres)
Comments
Drought conditions in Manitoba caused over 1,200 fires to spring up throughout the province.
Hagersville Tire Fire
Hagersville Tire Fire
Article
Hagersville Tire Fire
Location
Hagersville, Ontario
Province
Ontario
Date
Feb 1990
Deaths
0
Damage
0
Buildings
Unknown
Area in ha/a
7.3 hectares (18 acres)
Comments
Significant ecological damage caused by the melting of 12-14 million tires over 17 days.
2001 Chisholm Wildfire
2001 Chisholm Wildfire
Article
2001 Chisholm Wildfire
Location
Chisholm
Province
Alberta
Date
May 2001
Buildings
60+
Area in ha/a
116,000 hectares (290,000 acres)
McLure fire
McLure fire
Article
McLure fire
Location
North Thompson River
Province
British Columbia
Date
Jul–Aug 2003
Deaths
0
Damage
$31.9 million
Buildings
81
Area in ha/a
26,420 hectares (65,300 acres)
Comments
3,800 people evacuated
Okanagan Mountain Park Fire
Okanagan Mountain Park Fire
Article
Okanagan Mountain Park Fire
Location
Central Okanagan
Province
British Columbia
Date
Aug 2003
Deaths
0
Damage
$33.8 Million
Buildings
239
Area in ha/a
25,912 hectares (64,030 acres)
West Kelowna wildfires
West Kelowna wildfires
Article
West Kelowna wildfires
Location
West Kelowna
Province
British Columbia
Date
Jul2009
Deaths
0
Damage
$403 million
Buildings
4
Area in ha/a
9,877 hectares (24,410 acres)
Comments
Three separate wildfires.
May 2010 Quebec wildfires
May 2010 Quebec wildfires
Article
May 2010 Quebec wildfires
Location
La Tuque
Province
Quebec
Date
May 2010
Deaths
0
Area in ha/a
90,000 hectares (220,000 acres)
2011 Slave Lake Wildfire
2011 Slave Lake Wildfire
Article
2011 Slave Lake Wildfire
Location
Slave Lake
Province
Alberta
Date
May 2011
Deaths
1 (helicopter crash)
Damage
$750 million
Buildings
433
Area in ha/a
4,700 hectares (12,000 acres)
Comments
One-third of town destroyed.
Richardson Fire
Richardson Fire
Article
Richardson Fire
Location
Richardson Backcountry
Province
Alberta
Date
May–Sep 2011
Deaths
0
Damage
$350 to $450 million
Area in ha/a
700,000 hectares (1,700,000 acres)
Comments
largest fire in Alberta since the 1950 Chinchaga fire.
Timmins Fire 9
Timmins Fire 9
Article
Timmins Fire 9
Location
Timmins
Province
Ontario
Date
May–Nov 2012
Deaths
0
Area in ha/a
39,540 hectares (97,700 acres)
Comments
Starting North of Gogama, Timmins 9 was the largest fire the area had seen in nearly a 100 years since the 1911 Great Porcupine Fire.
L'Isle-Verte nursing home fire
L'Isle-Verte nursing home fire
Article
L'Isle-Verte nursing home fire
Location
L'Isle-Verte
Province
Quebec
Date
Dec 2014
Deaths
32
2014 Northwest Territories fires
2014 Northwest Territories fires
Article
2014 Northwest Territories fires
Location
Northwest Territories
Province
Northwest Territories
Date
summer 2014
Deaths
0
Damage
$56.1 million
Area in ha/a
3,400,000 ha (8,400,000 acres)
Comments
Said to have been the largest wildfires in 30 years in the Northwest Territories Note: Damage is the cost of fire fighting.
2016 Fort McMurray wildfire
2016 Fort McMurray wildfire
Article
2016 Fort McMurray wildfire
Location
Northern Alberta (incl. Fort McMurray) and Saskatchewan
Province
Alberta Saskatchewan
Date
May–Jul 2016
Deaths
2 (indirect)
Damage
$9.9 billion (direct and indirect costs)
Buildings
3,244
Area in ha/a
589,552 hectares (1,456,810 acres)
Comments
Largest wildfire evacuation in Alberta's history. Costliest disaster in Canadian history, cost of $3.58 billion in July, estimate up to $9 billion.
2017 British Columbia wildfires
2017 British Columbia wildfires
Article
2017 British Columbia wildfires
Location
Central and South Interior, and Alberta
Province
Alberta British Columbia
Date
Jul–Sep 2017
Deaths
0
Damage
$586 million
Buildings
305+
Area in ha/a
1,216,053 hectares (3,004,930 acres)
Comments
Estimated 65,000 evacuated. Largest single wildfire in BC Wildfire history.
2017 Alberta fires
2017 Alberta fires
Article
2017 Alberta fires
Location
Alberta, Saskatchewan
Province
Alberta Saskatchewan
Date
summer 2017
Deaths
1
Buildings
14+
Comments
Fires possibly caused by power lines downed in a storm.
North Bay 69
North Bay 69
Article
North Bay 69
Location
Temagami
Province
Ontario
Date
Jul–Aug 2018
Deaths
0
Area in ha/a
221 hectares (550 acres)
2018 Parry Sound forest fire
2018 Parry Sound forest fire
Article
2018 Parry Sound forest fire
Location
Parry Sound District
Province
Ontario
Date
Jul–Oct 2018
Deaths
0
Area in ha/a
11,362.5 hectares (28,077 acres)
2018 British Columbia wildfires
2018 British Columbia wildfires
Article
2018 British Columbia wildfires
Location
British Columbia
Province
British Columbia
Date
summer 2018
Buildings
50+
Area in ha/a
1,298,454 hectares (3,208,550 acres)
Comments
Initial estimates put 2018 as the largest total burn-area in any British Columbia wildfire season, surpassing the 2017 wildfire season.
2019 Alberta wildfires
2019 Alberta wildfires
Article
2019 Alberta wildfires
Location
Northwestern and Central Alberta
Province
Alberta
Date
Mar–Dec 2019
Buildings
16
Area in ha/a
883,414 hectares (2,182,960 acres)
Comments
Both lightning and human activity have been contributed to the cause, as well several are under investigation. (*as of 18 Oct, 2019)
Lytton wildfire
Lytton wildfire
Article
Lytton wildfire
Location
Lytton
Province
British Columbia
Date
Jun 2021
Deaths
2
Damage
$78 million
Comments
Fire started after a record breaking heatwave.
2023 Nova Scotia wildfires
2023 Nova Scotia wildfires
Article
2023 Nova Scotia wildfires
Location
Nova Scotia
Province
Nova Scotia
Date
summer 2023
Deaths
0
Buildings
250+
Area in ha/a
24,128 hectares (59,620 acres)
Comments
18,000 evacuated.
2023 Alberta wildfires
2023 Alberta wildfires
Article
2023 Alberta wildfires
Location
Alberta
Province
Alberta
Date
2023
Area in ha/a
1,220,000 hectares (3,000,000 acres)
Comments
Wisconsin had the worst air quality of the year. It was so bad that even the Madison Metropolitan School District in Madison cancelled summer school on June 28th. As well, many local outdoor swimming pools were closed.
2024 Canada wildfires
2024 Canada wildfires
Article
2024 Canada wildfires
Location
Alberta and British Columbia
Province
Alberta British Columbia
Date
2024
Comments
Thousands evacuated.
| Article | Location | Province | Date | Deaths | Damage | Buildings | Area in ha/a | Comments |
| 1825 Miramichi fire | Northern New Brunswick | New Brunswick | Oct 1825 | 160 to 300 | 1,000,000 to 2,000,000 hectares (2,500,000 to 4,900,000 acres) | A series of wildfires. | ||
| Fire in Quebec City | Quebec City | Province of Canada (Quebec) | May 1845 | 20 | $1 million | 100+ | ||
| Fire in Quebec City | Quebec City | Province of Canada (Quebec) | Jun 1845 | 40 | million | 1,200 | ||
| Great Fire of 1846 | St. John's | Colony of Newfoundland | Jun 1846 | 3 | £888,356 | 600 hectares (1,500 acres) | ||
| Fire in Toronto | Toronto | Province of Canada (Upper Canada) | Apr 1849 | $500,000 | ||||
| Fire in Montreal | Montreal | Province of Canada (Quebec) | Jun 1850 | 0 | $500,000 | 100 | ||
| Great Fire of 1852 | Montreal | Province of Canada (Quebec) | Jul1852 | 0 | $5 million | 1,200 | Nearly half of city's housing destroyed. | |
| Great Fire of Quebec City | Quebec City | Province of Canada (Quebec) | Oct 1866 | $3 million | 2,500 | |||
| Saguenay Fire | Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean, Quebec | Quebec | May 1870 | 7 | 15,000 hectares (37,000 acres) | Nearly 1/3 of the population lost everything. | ||
| Fire in Quebec City | Quebec City | Quebec | May 1876 | $800,000 | 700 | |||
| Fire in Saint-Jean | Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu | Quebec | Jun 1876 | million | ||||
| Fire in Saint-Hyacinthe | Saint-Hyacinthe | Quebec | Sep 1876 | million | 583 | |||
| Great Fire of Saint John | Saint John | New Brunswick | Jun 1877 | 19 | $28 million | 1,612 | ||
| Fire in Hamilton | Hamilton | Ontario | Aug 1879 | $500,000 | ||||
| Fire in Quebec City | Quebec City | Quebec | Jun 1881 | $2 million | 800 | |||
| Fire in Toronto | Toronto | Ontario | Jan 1885 | $700,000 | ||||
| Great Vancouver Fire | Vancouver | British Columbia | Jun 1886 | 24 to 28 | million | |||
| Calgary Fire of 1886 | Calgary | North-West Territories (now Alberta) | Nov 1886 | 0 | $103,200 | |||
| Great Fire of 1892 | St. John's | Colony of Newfoundland | Jul1892 | $13 million | ||||
| Simpson's fire in Toronto | Toronto | Ontario | Jan 1895 | $600,000 | ||||
| Fire in Windsor | Windsor | Nova Scotia | Oct 1897 | $4 million | Most of the town destroyed. | |||
| Fire in New Westminster | New Westminster | British Columbia | Sep 1898 | $2 million | ||||
| Warehouse fire in Montreal | Montreal | Quebec | Dec 1898 | $8 million | ||||
| Warehouse fire in Montreal | Montreal | Quebec | Jan 1900 | million | ||||
| 1900 Hull–Ottawa fire | Hull | Quebec | Apr 1900 | 7 | million | Destroyed 2/3 of Hull. | ||
| Fire in Sydney | Sydney | Nova Scotia | Oct 1901 | $500,000 | 60+ | |||
| Fire in Ottawa | Ottawa | Ontario | May 1903 | $500,000 | 300+ | |||
| Fire in Saint-Hyacinthe | Saint-Hyacinthe | Quebec | May 1903 | $500,000 | 400+ | |||
| Great Toronto Fire | Toronto | Ontario | Apr 1904 | $13 million | ||||
| Fire in Trois-Rivières | Trois-Rivières | Quebec | Jun 1908 | $2 million | ||||
| Fire in Fernie | Fernie | British Columbia | Aug 1908 | $4 million | Most of the town was destroyed. | |||
| Great Porcupine Fire | Timmins | Ontario | Jul1911 | 73 to 200 | 199,915 hectares (494,000 acres) | |||
| Matheson Fire | Black River-Matheson | Ontario | Jul1916 | 223 to 244 | 49 townships | 200,000 hectares (490,000 acres) | The worst fire on record in Ontario's history. Destroyed 49 townships, including the villages of Kelso, Val Gagné, and Iroquois Falls. | |
| Great Fire of 1919 | Saskatchewan and eastern Alberta | Alberta Saskatchewan | May 1919 | 11 | 2,000,000 hectares (4,900,000 acres) | The first major fire at the wildland-urban interface of the Prairie Provinces. | ||
| Great Fire of 1922 | Timiskaming District | Ontario | Oct 1922 | 43 | $2 million | 168,000 hectares (420,000 acres) | ||
| Knights of Columbus Hostel fire | St. John's | Dominion of Newfoundland | Dec 1942 | 99 | ||||
| Mississagi Fire of 1948 | Mississagi River | Ontario | May–Jul 1948 | 1 | 280,000 hectares (690,000 acres) | The fire destroyed land over a two-month period between Chapleau and Thessalon. | ||
| Chinchaga fire | Northern British Columbia and Alberta | Alberta British Columbia | Jun–Oct 1950 | 0 | 1,400,000 to 1,700,000 hectares (3,500,000 to 4,200,000 acres) | Largest recorded single fire in North American history. | ||
| Notre-Dame-du-Lac seniors' home fire | Notre-Dame-du-Lac | Quebec | Dec 1969 | 40 | ||||
| Opémiska Community Hall fire | Chapais | Quebec | Jan 1980 | 48 | ||||
| Manitoba wildfires | Manitoba | Manitoba | May, Jul–Aug 1989 | 100 homes | 2,500,000 hectares (6,200,000 acres) | Drought conditions in Manitoba caused over 1,200 fires to spring up throughout the province. | ||
| Hagersville Tire Fire | Hagersville, Ontario | Ontario | Feb 1990 | 0 | 0 | Unknown | hectares (18 acres) | Significant ecological damage caused by the melting of 12-14 million tires over 17 days. |
| 2001 Chisholm Wildfire | Chisholm | Alberta | May 2001 | 60+ | 116,000 hectares (290,000 acres) | |||
| McLure fire | North Thompson River | British Columbia | Jul–Aug 2003 | 0 | million | 81 | 26,420 hectares (65,300 acres) | 3,800 people evacuated |
| Okanagan Mountain Park Fire | Central Okanagan | British Columbia | Aug 2003 | 0 | Million | 239 | 25,912 hectares (64,030 acres) | |
| West Kelowna wildfires | West Kelowna | British Columbia | Jul2009 | 0 | $403 million | 4 | 9,877 hectares (24,410 acres) | Three separate wildfires. |
| May 2010 Quebec wildfires | La Tuque | Quebec | May 2010 | 0 | 90,000 hectares (220,000 acres) | |||
| 2011 Slave Lake Wildfire | Slave Lake | Alberta | May 2011 | 1 (helicopter crash) | $750 million | 433 | 4,700 hectares (12,000 acres) | One-third of town destroyed. |
| Richardson Fire | Richardson Backcountry | Alberta | May–Sep 2011 | 0 | $350 to $450 million | 700,000 hectares (1,700,000 acres) | largest fire in Alberta since the 1950 Chinchaga fire. |
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- "2 die in fiery crash on Highway 881 south of Fort McMurray"http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/2-die-in-fiery-crash-on-highway-881-south-of-fort-mcmurray-1.3567142
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- Global Newshttps://globalnews.ca/news/3810118/alberta-wildfires-2017-current-location-of-wildfires/
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