North American Fire Statistics of the Global Vegetation Fire Inventory
February 2002
| Country | Time Period | Average Area Burned Annually (in ha) | Average Annually No.of Fires |
| Canada | 1920 - 2000 | 1 548 645 | 7 357 |
2001 |
629 836 |
n.a. | |
| United States | 1980 - 1994 |
2 558 010 |
|
| 1990 - 1999 | 1 450 632 | 97 687 | |
| 2000-2002 | 2 445 000 | n.a. | |