Climate change made Canada's 2024 heat waves up to 10 times more likely: ECCC

Insurance Business America · last updated July 21, 2025 – 4:16 AM

Two events were highlighted for their particularly strong connection to climate change. In Yukon, temperatures between June 20 and 23 peaked at 22.0°C, 6.5°C above normal. In Alberta, from May 28 to 31, the peak daily high reached 28.8°C, 11.3°C above the seasonal average. ECCC concluded that climate change made both events at least two to 10 times more likely to occur.

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