Ontario Wildfires

• Ontario wildfires burned almost 6,000 square kilometres this year

  The Ontario government says 643 wildfires were recorded between April and October, with almost 6,000 square kilometres burned in 2025.

  Canada

  Nov 3, 2025
  
• Military deploys to support northern Ontario wildfire evacuations

  Prime Minister Mark Carney says Armed Forces personnel have been deployed to assist wildfire evacuations in northern Ontario as over 30,000 flee blazes across the Prairies.

  Fire

  Jun 8, 2025
  
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• Wildfires force more than 800 to evacuate northwestern Ontario First Nation

  Wildfires have forced more than 800 residents to evacuate their northwestern Ontario First Nation.

  Canada

  May 18, 2025
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• Ontario faces crew shortages, aircraft issues in fight against wildfires

  As Ontario's forest fire season gets underway, Global News can reveal that one in five crews are unstaffed across the north. The program also faces issues with its aircraft.

  Fire

  Apr 28, 2024
• ‘Band-aid response’: Ford government offers forest firefighters $5K bonus

  Ontario has unveiled one-time incentives for wildland firefighters and around 100 permanent jobs. The union, however, says it falls far short of what is needed.

  Fire

  Mar 23, 2024
• Ontario adds $20.5M in funding to fight wildfires, including for training and drones

  Ontario's natural resources and forestry minister says the government will spend an additional $20.5 million over three years to help fight wildfires.

  Environment

  Oct 12, 2023
• Wildfires have now burned 10M hectares of Canadian land

  The stark milestone comes as the nation deals with its worst wildfire season on record, which historically runs between April and September.

  Canada

  Jul 16, 2023
• Canada’s wildfires now need ‘unprecedented’ international aid to fight

  Government officials sounded the alarm Thursday as they warned Canada’s fire season, which has seen more than eight million hectares of land burned, is still far from over.

  Canada

  Jul 6, 2023
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• Southern Ontario wakes up to poor air quality on Friday with more wildfire smoke

  For the third straight day, southern Ontario is once again under a special air quality statement from Environment Canada due to smoke from wildfires.

  Weather

  Jun 30, 2023
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• Special air quality statement lifted on Thursday for parts of southern Ontario

  Environment Canada has ended a special air quality statement for parts of southern Ontario on Thursday, including the Greater Toronto Area, following pollution from wildfire smoke.

  Weather

  Jun 29, 2023