2023 British Columbia Wildfire History
British Columbia's 2023 season was the province's largest modern season by area burned in the comparison published by the Province. The government reports 2,293 wildfires and 2,840,104 hectares burned for the calendar/statistical comparison, while an April-to-October emergency summary uses a slightly different 2,245-fire seasonal window. FireRadar preserves that distinction instead of treating the counts as contradictory.
Provincial comparison table
Province-reported season impact
What stands out about 2023
The season began early after drought carried over from 2022.
The Province's emergency-event window and its calendar/statistical table use slightly different fire counts; FireRadar labels the metric rather than choosing one without context.
Use BC Wildfire Service historical products for incident-level operational records.
Official source
Government of British Columbia — 2025 wildfire summary and five-year comparison. Provincial statistics for 2025 with comparable 2024 and 2023 figures.
Review source material →What this page does not claim
This is not a reconstruction of every day in 2023, proof of a fire’s status on a particular date or a substitute for agency incident archives. FireRadar’s interactive history begins with its first recorded observation.
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