Alberta Wildfires 2026

Date: October 4, 2026

Author: Tim Platnich

In 2023 about this time I posted Alberta Wildfires 2023. A question posed in that post was whether the number of hectares burned in 2023 was an anomaly or whether it was the start of a trend. Following are the Alberta wildfire statistics up to October 4, 2026.

All Data from Alberta.ca website.

As can be seen, the number of wild fires in Alberta remain on a downward trend and the area burned remains on a slight upward trend going back to 2006. However, if we use 2011 as our starting point, it appears the area burned has been relatively stable, if not declining, since then, with the exception of 2023 . One can also see that the area burned in 2023 was an exceptional anomaly.

One can see that 2026 was an exceptionally low fire year both in number of fires and area burned. One may also note that there was no media attention given to this fact.