Table 2 
Fire incident related injuries, civilians and firefighters, 2015 to 20211 

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Fire incident related injuries, civilians and firefighters, 2015 to 2021
  Civilians Civilians Firefighters Firefighters Unknown2 Total injuries
  number % number % numbernumber
Total 5,444 81 1,264 19 1,155 7,863
2015 845 79 227 21 164 1,236
2016 741 80 186 20 192 1,119
2017 750 83 149 17 191 1,090
2018 834 83 171 17 212 1,217
2019 847 82 185 18 147 1,179
2020 691 79 183 21 149 1,023
2021 736 82 163 18 100 999
Note(s):
Injuries where it was unknown whether the victim was a civilian or a firefighter were excluded from the calculation of percentages. Totals may not add to 100% due to rounding.
Source(s):
National Fire Information Database (5248).

Table note 1

There were seven jurisdictions in Canada that provided casualty data to the National Fire Information Database: Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba, British Columbia, Yukon and the Canadian Armed Forces. However, Manitoba's numbers are included in 'unknown' as they did not provide the class of victim information.

Table note 2

Unknown includes fire/police/RCMP/military/other and unknown.
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