The Donnie Creek wildfire near Trutch, B.C. is shown in a handout photo.HO/The Canadian Press
More than 200 wildfires are still burning out of control in Canada this morning as the country’s record-setting forest fire season continues to raze thousands of square kilometres every day.
Rain helped ease the fire situation in parts of Alberta and Quebec over the weekend, but the fire risk remains high in most of the country.
As of this morning, 420 fires were burning in nine provinces and two territories, and 207 of those are still considered to be out of control.
More than 58,000 square kilometres has burned so far this year, or an area almost twice the size of Vancouver Island.
Environment Canada says the air quality is good in most areas, though pockets of moderate risk remain in and around Edmonton and Toronto and in some parts of northeastern British Columbia.
The Donnie Creek fire north of Fort St. John, B.C., is now the largest fire that province has ever recorded and is still burning out of control more than a month after it started.
A look at B.C.’s current and
historical wildfires
In hectares, latest available data
Total area burned between Jan. 1 to June 18
Donnie Creek
Vancouver’s* surface area for comparison
Canada total
3,430,193 hectares
B.C. total
677,294
Donnie Creek
534,300
How big is a hectare?
An area of 100 metres by
100 metres is a hectare
100 m
ONE HECTARE
Vancouver CMA
288,268
HOCKEY RINK
100 m
26 m
*Census
Metropolitan
Area.
61 m
Ten of B.C.’s largest wildfires
after Donnie Creek
Hanceville-Riske Creek
wildfire (2017)
239,298
Plateau fire (2017)
521,012
Kech wildfire (1958)
225,920
Elephant Hill
wildfire (2017)
191,865
Eg wildfire (1982)
182,725
Chelaslie River
wildfire (2014)
133,098
Tee wildfire (1971)
110,419
Wisp wildfire (1950)
90,000
Tenakihi-Mesilinka
fire (2014)
64,576
Lava Canyon
wildfire (2009)
66,719
MURAT YÜKSELIR / THE GLOBE AND MAIL, SOURCE: BC WILDFIRE SERVICE; STATISTICS CANADA; CANADIAN INTERAGENCY FOREST FIRE CENTRE INC; NHL
A look at B.C.’s current and historical wildfires
In hectares, latest available data
Total area burned between Jan. 1 to June 18
Donnie Creek
Vancouver’s* surface area for comparison
Canada total
3,430,193 hectares
B.C. total
677,294
Donnie Creek
534,300
How big is a hectare?
An area of 100 metres by
100 metres is a hectare
100 m
ONE HECTARE
Vancouver CMA
288,268
HOCKEY RINK
100 m
26 m
*Census
Metropolitan
Area.
61 m
Ten of B.C.’s largest wildfires
after Donnie Creek
Hanceville-Riske Creek
wildfire (2017)
239,298
Plateau fire (2017)
521,012
Kech wildfire (1958)
225,920
Elephant Hill
wildfire (2017)
191,865
Eg wildfire (1982)
182,725
Chelaslie River
wildfire (2014)
133,098
Tee wildfire (1971)
110,419
Wisp wildfire (1950)
90,000
Tenakihi-Mesilinka
fire (2014)
64,576
Lava Canyon
wildfire (2009)
66,719
MURAT YÜKSELIR / THE GLOBE AND MAIL, SOURCE: BC WILDFIRE SERVICE; STATISTICS CANADA; CANADIAN INTERAGENCY FOREST FIRE CENTRE INC; NHL
A look at B.C.’s current and historical wildfires
In hectares, latest available data
Total area burned between Jan. 1 to June 18
TEN OF B.C.’S LARGEST WILDFIRES
AFTER DONNIE CREEK
Donnie Creek
Vancouver’s* surface area for comparison
Hanceville-Riske Creek
wildfire (2017)
239,298
Plateau fire (2017)
521,012
Kech wildfire (1958)
225,920
Elephant Hill
wildfire (2017)
191,865
Canada total
3,430,193 hectares
Eg wildfire (1982)
182,725
Chelaslie River
wildfire (2014)
133,098
B.C. total
677,294
Donnie Creek
534,300
How big is a hectare?
An area of 100 metres by
100 metres is a hectare
Tee wildfire (1971)
110,419
Wisp wildfire (1950)
90,000
100 m
ONE HECTARE
Vancouver CMA
288,268
HOCKEY RINK
100 m
26 m
*Census
Metropolitan
Area.
Tenakihi-Mesilinka
fire (2014)
64,576
Lava Canyon
wildfire (2009)
66,719
61 m
MURAT YÜKSELIR / THE GLOBE AND MAIL, SOURCE: BC WILDFIRE SERVICE; STATISTICS CANADA; CANADIAN INTERAGENCY FOREST FIRE CENTRE INC; NHL