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BC wildfire season 2026

In 2026 so far, the BC Wildfire Service recorded 1,439 wildfires, and their mapped perimeters cover 433,440 ha (4,334 km²). 27 fires grew past 1,000 ha and account for 96% of that area; the largest was the Pear Lake wildfire at 165,909 ha. Large fires reached Summerland, Clinton and Spallumcheen. The season's perimeters are as last mapped on September 30, 2026; figures can still change.

Pear Lake wildfire, 2026: 165,909 haAinslie Creek wildfire, 2026: 69,706 haFrench Bar Creek wildfire, 2026: 61,051 haBonanza Creek wildfire, 2026: 34,992 haBald Range wildfire, 2026: 25,163 haBrunswick Creek wildfire, 2026: 9,544 haBorder 2 wildfire, 2026: 6,596 haLessard Lake wildfire, 2026: 6,103 haFelker wildfire, 2026: 4,237 haRiley Creek wildfire, 2026: 4,220 haTwin Two Creek wildfire, 2026: 3,773 haPalmer Creek wildfire, 2026: 3,097 haBradley Creek FSR wildfire, 2026: 2,569 haMatthew Creek wildfire, 2026: 1,948 haWildfire N71254, 2026: 1,775 haSwede Creek wildfire, 2026: 1,775 haWildfire C10952, 2026: 1,581 haInonoaklin Creek wildfire, 2026: 1,539 haTower Creek wildfire, 2026: 1,425 haBourgeois Creek wildfire, 2026: 1,416 haWait Creek wildfire, 2026: 1,399 haSea Lion Mountain wildfire, 2026: 1,357 haNorwegian Creek wildfire, 2026: 1,340 haWildfire K71668, 2026: 1,306 haQuilpituk Creek wildfire, 2026: 1,278 haJumbo Creek wildfire, 2026: 1,136 haWildfire N71327, 2026: 1,059 ha

Fires of 1,000 ha or more in 2026Other years since 1990

The 27 large fires of 2026, largest first

  1. 1Pear Lake (C40983)July 17, 2026 · Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area E (Bonaparte Plateau); Squamish-Lillooet, Electoral Area B165,909 ha
  2. 2Ainslie Creek (V10755)July 4, 2026 · Fraser Valley, Electoral Area A; Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area N (Beautiful Nicola Valley - South)69,706 ha
  3. 3French Bar Creek (K70748)July 4, 2026 · Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area E (Bonaparte Plateau)61,051 ha
  4. 4Bonanza Creek (K71082)July 21, 2026 · Squamish-Lillooet, Electoral Area A; Cariboo, Electoral Area K34,992 ha
  5. 5Bald Range (K51490)August 7, 2026 · Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area F; Summerland25,163 ha
  6. 6Brunswick Creek (V10742)July 2, 2026 · Fraser Valley, Electoral Area A9,544 ha
  7. 7Border 2 (V10885)July 16, 2026 · Fraser Valley, Electoral Area B; Okanagan-Similkameen, Electoral Area H6,596 ha
  8. 8Lessard Lake (C50929)July 17, 2026 · Cariboo, Electoral Area J6,103 ha
  9. 9Felker (C21127)July 17, 2026 · Cariboo, Electoral Area E; Cariboo, Electoral Area G4,237 ha
  10. 10Riley Creek (K70659)June 24, 2026 · Squamish-Lillooet, Electoral Area B4,220 ha
  11. 11Twin Two Creek (V30941)July 17, 2026 · Squamish-Lillooet, Electoral Area C3,773 ha
  12. 12Palmer Creek (C51473)August 5, 2026 · Cariboo, Electoral Area J3,097 ha
  13. 13Bradley Creek FSR (K41351)July 31, 2026 · North Okanagan, Electoral Area B; Spallumcheen2,569 ha
  14. 14Matthew Creek (N11020)July 18, 2026 · East Kootenay, Electoral Area E1,948 ha
  15. 15N71254July 26, 2026 · Central Kootenay, Electoral Area D1,775 ha
  16. 16Swede Creek (C10467)June 1, 2026 · Cariboo, Electoral Area I1,775 ha
  17. 17C10952July 16, 2026 · Cariboo, Electoral Area I1,581 ha
  18. 18Inonoaklin Creek (N51198)July 25, 2026 · Central Kootenay, Electoral Area K1,539 ha
  19. 19Tower Creek (N10947)July 17, 2026 · East Kootenay, Electoral Area E1,425 ha
  20. 20Bourgeois Creek (C11112)July 22, 2026 · Cariboo, Electoral Area I1,416 ha
  21. 21Wait Creek (N11360)August 1, 2026 · East Kootenay, Electoral Area E1,399 ha
  22. 22Sea Lion Mountain (N41412)August 1, 2026 · Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area A1,357 ha
  23. 23Norwegian Creek (V10942)July 17, 2026 · Fraser Valley, Electoral Area B1,340 ha
  24. 24K71668August 16, 2026 · Thompson-Nicola, Electoral Area I (Blue Sky Country)1,306 ha
  25. 25Quilpituk Creek (K51402)August 1, 2026 · Central Okanagan West1,278 ha
And 2 more
  1. 26Jumbo Creek (N21071)July 20, 2026 · East Kootenay, Electoral Area F1,136 ha
  2. 27N71327July 29, 2026 · Columbia-Shuswap, Electoral Area B1,059 ha

Under each fire: when it started and the places with the most of it. Bars compare each fire with the season's largest.

Wildfires recorded1,439
Area inside mapped perimeters433,440 ha (4,334 km²)
Fires of 1,000 ha or more27, covering 417,294 ha

Every fire of 1,000 ha or more since 1990, as the BC Wildfire Service mapped it. A perimeter is the fire's outer edge: patches inside it may not have burned, and the hectares are the area inside it. A fire that burned through the winter keeps the year it started. Names are the province's; a fire without one goes by its fire number. The area adds up every perimeter of the season, small fires included; where two fires' perimeters overlap, the ground is counted twice, so totals can differ from the BC Wildfire Service's season summary.

Past fire is history, not a forecast. The chance of fire on a lot today depends on what the record doesn't show: the forest and grass around it, the slope, what has been thinned or burned since, and how far it is from a fire hall.

Sources: BC Wildfire Fire Perimeters – Historical, BC Wildfire Service; BC Wildfire Fire Perimeters – Current, BC Wildfire Service; BC Wildfire Fire Incident Locations – Historical, BC Wildfire Service; BC Wildfire Fire Locations – Current, BC Wildfire Service (Open Government Licence – British Columbia), as published on October 2, 2026. Outlines simplified and places measured by PlaceDossier.

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