 |
Forest fires and forest land burned
| |
2000 |
| |
Forest fires |
| |
|
Intensive protection zone2 |
| |
Total1 |
Causes |
| |
|
Due to human activities |
Due to lightning |
Due to unknown cause |
| |
Number |
| Canada3 |
5,416 |
3,100 |
2,125 |
191 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador |
149 |
135 |
14 |
- |
| Prince Edward Island |
26 |
24 |
- |
2 |
| Nova Scotia |
464 |
398 |
27 |
39 |
| New Brunswick |
333 |
256 |
20 |
57 |
| Quebec |
475 |
401 |
74 |
- |
| Ontario |
600 |
422 |
168 |
10 |
| Manitoba |
308 |
203 |
105 |
x |
| Saskatchewan |
419 |
239 |
180 |
- |
| Alberta |
782 |
336 |
428 |
18 |
| British Columbia |
1,539 |
644 |
842 |
53 |
| Yukon |
46 |
25 |
14 |
7 |
| Northwest Territories |
275 |
17 |
253 |
5 |
| National parks |
.. |
.. |
.. |
.. |
| 1. The total combines intensive protection zone and limited protection zone (zone of special intervention where people, property or forest reserves are threatened by fire). |
| 2. An intensive protection zone is where there is a system that provides for forest fire prevention and systematic control. |
| 3. Prince Edward Island and Yukon are not included in the Canada total. |
| Source: Natural Resources Canada, Compendium of Canadian Forestry Statistics, 2002. |
| Last modified : 2004-10-13. |
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