for more information on major wildfires go to the supplementary notes*
Supplementary notes
* Data includes disasters that meet one of the following criteria: 10 or more people killed. 100 or more people affected. An appeal for national/international assistance was issued. Deemed historically significant. or significant damage or interruption of normal processes were such that the community affected cannot recover on its own.
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Number of evacuations due to major forest fires in Canada 1980-2019
The largest evacuation caused by wildfires in Canada occurred in 2016, when more than * people were displaced. The Fort McMurray wildfire took place that year, which is the costliest natural catastrophe in Canadian history, with insured losses of almost * Canadian dollars.
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