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Forest fires and forest land burned, by province and territory
Related tables: Natural resources.
| 2006 | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Forest fires by protection zones1 | |||
| Total | Intensive | Limited | |
| number | |||
| Canada | 9,702 | 9,229 | 473 |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | 96 | 90 | 6 |
| Prince Edward Island | 36 | 36 | ... |
| Nova Scotia | 234 | 234 | ... |
| New Brunswick | 308 | 308 | ... |
| Quebec | 683 | 623 | 60 |
| Ontario | 2,298 | 1,984 | 314 |
| Manitoba | 682 | 618 | 64 |
| Saskatchewan | 501 | 501 | ... |
| Alberta | 1,954 | 1,954 | ... |
| British Columbia | 2,569 | 2,569 | ... |
| Yukon | 80 | 51 | 29 |
| Northwest Territories2 | 261 | 261 | ... |
| Nunavut | .. | .. | .. |
| .. : not available for a specific period of time. ... : not applicable. 1. Intensive protection zone includes forested lands of high value and areas where a risk to human life exists. Limited protection zone includes remote forested lands or other areas of low value where intensive forest protection cannot be justified economically. 2. Estimated by provincial or territorial forestry agency. Source:National Forestry Database Program, 2007, Forest Fires. Last modified: 2009-07-09. | |||
