Talk:List of fires in Canada

Halifax

What about the Halifax Explosion, which led to a lot of fires around the harbour? PKT(alk) 15:10, 17 December 2008 (UTC)

Alberta database

Alberta has a database of wildfires available here Most of them are not in this article. Should they all be added? Mrplastic (talk) 15:12, 18 May 2016 (UTC)

There are legitimately thousands of fires (I want to say upwards of a million) on the page you linked. Some are big, some are small. Unless the fire is notable, it should not be added. --CoolCanuck ^eh? 21:02, 18 May 2016 (UTC)

The fire size listed for the Fort McMurray size only lists the hectares burnt in Alberta. The whole fire may be closer to 525,390 ha. The only source I have is the Edmonton Journal as I can't seem to find anything nearly as clear for Saskatchewan as there is for Alberta. Any thoughts? Mrplastic (talk) 00:31, 23 May 2016 (UTC)

References

2017 BC fires

Perhaps they should be mentioned? Over 14,000 people have been evacuated, and it has burned over 78,000 hectares of land. Sources: http://globalnews.ca/news/3598230/bc-wildfire-map-cities/ http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/current-situation-1.4197403 — Preceding unsigned comment added by Socialistboyy (talk • contribs) 04:09, 16 July 2017 (UTC)

All fires, or just wildfires?

Despite its title, this list seems to include only fires across large areas (mostly wildfires). Pure structure fires like Blue Bird Café fire and Laurier Palace Theatre fire are not here.

The table format seems to be designed for the former type of fire. Should we include structure fires in it, or create a separate table for them (one that does not include an "area" field, and probably not "buildings" either)? Daniel Case (talk) 19:05, 4 October 2017 (UTC)

@Daniel Case: As Wikipedia makes it easy to sort a table by a column it makes sense to have a single table. Someone can sort by whatever field interests them at the moment. To keep the overall list manageable I would look for agreement on including just the top 15 or 20 events in each of the categories (Fatalities, Cost, Structures, and Area). While 15 or 20 is an arbitrary number an advantage is that size of the list is limited to something the average person can deal with and that each of the events tends to be notable in their own right meaning it's easier to find WP:RS sources about an incident and there are may even already be Wikipedia pages about each. Wikipedia is not intended to be WP:RAWDATA database collection of all fires. If you start with "top 10" the job becomes easier as many people create "top 10" lists meaning it's easier to find existing lists on the Internet

Fatalities is likely a complicated issue as usually events with a large number of deaths are an explosion, earthquake, or some similar event that also includes a fire.

Something that's of interest is the California where CAL FIRE has published top-20 lists for destruction and acres. Only four fires are on both lists. I would expect the same for Canada in that there will be some overlap in each of the four categories.

Something else to consider is the Cost/Damage column which I suspect should be normalized for inflation. A $10 million fire in 1914 would equivalent to $262 million in 2023. At present the {{Inflation}} template accepts years as old as 1914 for Canada and shows the results as of 2023. --Marc Kupper|talk 18:38, 25 August 2018 (UTC)

I'm not quite sure you really understood my question. Someone coming to this article might expect to see a list that included all types of fires. If you want this list to be the kind that you seem to want, it would make sense to rename it List of wildfires in Canada and create a separate List of structure fires in Canada for events like the Blue Bird. Daniel Case (talk) 19:24, 25 August 2018 (UTC)

Two points

161618dot (talk) 23:03, 25 December 2019 (UTC)I have two points. 1. Which fires are thought or known to be caused or accelerated by powerlines? Given that its admitted that 10% of California and Texas fires are caused by powerlines I would guess it is also a factor in Canada. 2. The very large Eastmain fire in Quebec province July 4, 2013 (press says second largest fire in Canadian recorded history) is not even mentioned. A photo I saw showed it along the high voltage power lines and now we know that puwer lines actually cause or accelerate fires. The press releases do indicate that the fire was along the power lines but only that it tripped the power lines. I think information that is now public in 2019 about California fires suggests that the Eastmain fire was also a possible powerline enhanced fire. Hope some one can make the impact of powerlines on fires more transparent. Thanks.

Manitoba wildfires of 1989

there is no article of the 1989 manitoba wildfires and the burned area of the fires is 3 milion hectares 147.253.54.110 (talk) 21:50, 25 April 2023 (UTC)