Official historical reporting · not FireRadar-observed archive
2016 Canada Wildfire History
Natural Resources Canada's national annual series reports 5,267 wildland fires and 1,319,604 ha burned in Canada in 2016. FireRadar preserves the official annual fire-count and area-burned measures without reconstructing the season from later incident data.
Fires reported
5,267
National fire-management agency annual series
Area burned
1,319,604 ha
Natural Resources Canada annual series
Historical source
NRCan
Official imported history; not FireRadar-observed data
What this national season record shows
- • 2016 is part of Natural Resources Canada's continuous national annual fire-management series used here for consistent year-over-year historical context.
- • Annual fire count and annual area burned are different measures; a higher fire count does not automatically mean a larger burned area.
- • FireRadar's retained observation archive begins in 2026, so this page remains explicitly labelled as imported official historical reporting.
Official source
Official national table of wildland area burned and number of fires in Canada from 2000 through 2024.
Natural Resources Canada — State of Canada's Forests Annual Report 2025 →