Wildland fire and flood evacuation statistics between April 1, 2013 and March 31, 2023
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Number of First Nations flood evacuees by province or territory (numbers are not final)
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- Nova Scotia: 495 (includes 60 long term*)
- New Brunswick: 8
- Quebec: 37 (includes 26 long term*)
- Ontario: 15,612 (includes 471 long term*)
- Manitoba: 4,202 (includes 2,671 long term*)
- Saskatchewan: 1,756 (includes 89 long term*)
- Alberta: 5,931 (includes 1,164 long term*)
- British Columbia: 1,918 (includes 253 long term*)
- Northwest Territories: 450 (includes 9 long term*)
- Yukon: 2
Total evacuees: 30,411 (includes 4,743 long term*)
*long term: more than 3 months
First Nations flood evacuations
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- 2013 to 2014: 19 short term, 6 long term*
- 2014 to 2015: 21 short term, 13 long term*
- 2015 to 2016: 3 short term, 1 long term*
- 2016 to 2017: 11 short term, 6 long term*
- 2017 to 2018: 18 short term, 5 long term*
- 2018 to 2019: 21 short term, 2 long term*
- 2019 to 2020: 7 short term, 5 long term*
- 2020 to 2021: 12 short term, 3 long term*
- 2021 to 2022: 7 short term, 13 long term*
- 2022 to 2023: 20 short term, 8 long term*
*long term: more than 3 months
First Nations wildfire evacuees by ISC region (numbers are not final)
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- Quebec: 654
- Ontario: 10,453
- Manitoba: 19,703 (includes 982 long term*)
- Saskatchewan: 19,375
- Alberta: 11,567
- British Columbia: 8,942 (includes 946 long term*)
- Yukon: 130
Total: 70,824 (includes 1,928 long term*)
*long term: more than 3 months
Number of First Nations wildfire evacuations
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- 2013 to 2014: 14 short term
- 2014 to 2015: 7 short term
- 2015 to 2016: 30 short term
- 2016 to 2017: 14 short term
- 2017 to 2018: 22 short term, 7 long term*
- 2018 to 2019: 30 short term, 2 long term*
- 2019 to 2020: 16 short term
- 2020 to 2021: 4 short term, 1 long term*
- 2021 to 2022: 48 short term, 8 long term*
- 2022 to 2023: 10 short term, 1 long term*
*long term: more than 3 months