Canada’s 2023 Wildfires Pushed Air Pollution to Decade-Level Highs August 29, 2025 By Olivia Rudgard Canada’s record-breaking 2023 wildfire season led to a spike in air pollution in the country and in the US, erasing...
Wildfire Smoke Brings a Forgotten Danger to the Arctic: Black Carbon July 8, 2025 By Danielle Bochove In 2023, the Canada wildfires that incinerated more than 17 million hectares (42 million acres) of boreal forest were so...
Satellite Data Capturing Burned Acres Show Canada Wildfire Season off to Wild Start June 6, 2025 By M.K. Wildeman While images of wildfires capture their ferocity, data can provide insight into how bad a fire season is. Such is...
Alberta Wildfires Shut About 7% of Canada’s Oil Production June 3, 2025 By Robert Tuttle Wildfires in Canada’s energy heartland of Alberta have shut down almost 350,000 barrels of daily heavy crude production — about...
Wildfires in Alberta Pose Growing Threat to Canada’s Oil May 30, 2025 By Robert Tuttle and Brian K. Sullivan Wildfires are threatening about 5% of Canada’s crude output as a blaze in Alberta’s oil sands region spreads and approaches...
Wildfires Erupt Near Alberta Oil Well Sites Amid Hot Weather May 27, 2025 By Robert Tuttle Hot weather sparked a string of wildfires around Alberta over the weekend, including some near oil and gas wells operated...
Canadian Insured Losses From Catastrophic Events Total C$8.5 Billion in 2024: CatIQ January 13, 2025 The magnitude of catastrophic events experienced across Canada in 2024 pushed the insured loss total for the region to C$8.5...
Drones Offer an Unparalleled View of the Biggest Wildfire Risks December 5, 2024 Spotting dead and downed trees that can fuel explosive fires is like searching for a needle in a haystack for...
Climate Change Causes 379% Hike in Insured Damages in Canada Over 10 Years: Report October 17, 2024 The annual average insurable losses in the last decade increased in Canada by a whopping 379%, when compared to the...
Extreme Canada Weather Causes Record $5.7 Billion Insured Damage September 24, 2024 By Thomas Seal An onslaught of four natural disasters caused C$7.1 billion ($5.3 billion) of insured losses across Canada in just two months...