Effects Of Wildfires In Canada

Canada is the second largest country in the world, after Russia, and has ten provinces and three territories. It is located in the northern hemisphere of North America, and consists of six vegetation regions. These include the deciduous forest, mixed wood forest, boreal (and taiga) forest, cordilleran, tundra, and west coast forest. Of these 10 provinces and 3 territories, the regions most affected by wildfires include British Columbia, as well as the boreal forests of Ontario, Quebec, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, the Yukon, and the Northwest Territories. In fact, most wildfires occur in the boreal forests of Canada.
If most wildfires occur in the boreal forests of Canada, understanding of our biggest vegetation region is crucial to extinguishing