Ottawa's Season Funding Tally: $630M Across Aerial Fleet, Equipment, FireSmart

Cumulative federal commitments for the season reached roughly $316.7 million over five years for a national aerial firefighting fleet through CIFFC, $256 million over five years for firefighting equipment, and $57.2 million over five years for Indigenous FireSmart programs — funding First Nations leaders say still arrived too slowly to prevent community losses.