From Coast to Coast, 2023 a Bad Year for Wildfires

A helicopter carrying water flies through heavy smoke outside of Halifax on May 28, 2023. The Canadian Press/Darren Calabrese

This year is shaping up to be one of the worst on record for forest fires in Canada. From British Columbia to Nova Scotia, many provinces are dealing with higher-than-normal numbers of fires.

Fire officials say roughly 3.3 million hectares of forest have burned so far in 2023. That’s more than 10 times the 10-year average.