Table 3.53
Area of stocked timber-productive forest land burned

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Area of stocked timber-productive forest land burned: Part 1
  Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario Manitoba
  hectares
1980 1,355,074 r 680 .. 559 2,116 r 4,902 330,825 304,049
1981 1,306,648 r 2,893 22 169 92 2,170 40,817 220,336 r
1982 838,789 r 4,392 25 359 5,407 7,202 297 7,094
1983 409,489 r 107 50 92 1,129 206,952 74,663 66,962
1984 181,013 1,565 8 193 270 2,397 2,219 51,099
1985 132,886 r 40,457 4 220 1,348 r 1,952 127 5,367
1986 311,367 23,511 85 268 37,216 173,296 50,598 5,495
1987 306,516 10,622 16 312 895 27,849 5,461 84,266
1988 639,777 r 7 2 89 r 1,778 273,066 35,994 295,930
1989 3,877,394 r 2,651 2 159 280 2,108,206 4,990 1,539,180
1990 265,990 2,601 4 477 5,198 76,825 3,200 6,728
1991 623,731 9,576 23 1,022 2,732 356,234 4,971 55,266
1992 262,846 1,014 8 805 4,668 24,295 10,331 185,299
1993 415,885 21 6 120 534 125,211 2,116 43,400
1994 742,240 692 7 67 239 2,830 410 552,571
1995 1,432,488 128 14 149 395 407,299 60,739 445,425
1996 607,686 2 8,519 0 172 1,591 410,342 179,207 ..
1997 169,484 153 .. 184 145 147,417 16,010 ..
1998 313,548 4,630 .. 168 275 16,721 57,659 ..
1999 .. 20,779 .. 1,174 1,135 88,472 72,481 ..
2000 .. 68 .. 359 269 603 613 ..
2001 84,000 184 29 333 565 1,274 1,610 ..
2002 .. 1,238 9 149 230 405,375 18,468 ..
2003 .. 1,286 1 943 174 18,421 50,060 ..
2004 .. 289 6 130 267 717 46 ..
2005 .. 22 29 163 263 416,027 23,320 ..
2006 .. 2,526 17 308 310 43,438 43,458 ..
2007 .. .. 17 .. .. 298,708 .. ..
Area of stocked timber-productive forest land burned: Part 2
  Canada Saskat-
chewan		 Alberta British Columbia Yukon Northwest Territories 1 National parks
  hectares
1980 1,355,074 r 89,237 465,451 r 32,743 111,537 12,975 ..
1981 1,306,648 r .. 944,494 r 57,277 12,735 25,643 ..
1982 838,789 r .. 462,674 r 280,676 68,127 2,536 ..
1983 409,489 r 9,478 1,215 r 32,848 14,805 1,188 ..
1984 181,013 47,281 35,259 12,227 6,995 134 21,366
1985 132,886 r 9,020 3,820 54,231 11,407 6 4,927
1986 311,367 4,031 1,587 9,474 3,132 11 2,663
1987 306,516 129,332 24,295 22,308 1,150 10 ..
1988 639,777 r 24,187 5,149 r 3,284 288 3 ..
1989 3,877,394 r 137,404 2,994 r 11,089 70,439 .. ..
1990 265,990 71,198 22,143 52,575 .. .. 25,041
1991 623,731 118,850 1,357 11,249 61,227 .. 1,224
1992 262,846 12,768 720 17,212 3,785 .. 1,941
1993 415,885 227,208 12,894 1,376 .. .. 2,999
1994 742,240 79,641 8,610 20,737 .. .. 76,436
1995 1,432,488 320,993 163,376 26,888 .. .. 7,082
1996 607,686 2 4,755 2 430 2,670 .. .. …
1997 169,484 1,904 3,046 286 .. .. 339
1998 313,548 .. 234,095 .. .. .. ..
1999 .. .. 52,887 .. .. .. ..
2000 .. .. 3,802 14,376 r .. .. ..
2001 84,000 .. 74,538 5,467 .. .. ..
2002 .. .. 361,091 .. .. .. ..
2003 .. .. 25,747 r .. .. .. ..
2004 .. .. … .. .. .. ..
2005 .. .. … 3,953 .. .. ..
2006 .. .. … 327,042 .. .. ..
2007 .. .. .. 19,473 .. .. ..
1.
Includes Nunavut up to 1998. Figures not available for Nunavut from 1999 to 2007.
2.
Estimated by the Canadian Forest Service or by Statistics Canada.
Source(s):
Canadian Council of Forest Ministers, 2008, Forest Fires - National Tables, http://nfdp.ccfm.org/fires/national_e.php (accessed March 6, 2009).
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