Wildfires continue to rage across Canada burning close to 5 million heactares of forestland, and are forcing some forestry companies to pause operations.

Derek Nighbor, president and CEO of the Forest Products Association of Canada, told The Canadian Press "The impact is significant. it's really varying across the country."

One of the companies forced to suspend operations is Montreal-headquartered Resolute Forest Products Inc.

"For Resolute, we are particularly impacted by the boreal forest devastation in Quebec, where 2023 is already shaping up the be the worst year in over three decades in terms of the extent of area affected," spokesman Seth Kursman told the Canadian Press.

"Although wildfire is a natural part of forest regeneration, the unseasonal heat and lack of rain has prompted many fires to erupt at the same time, making them very difficult to manage."

In the report, Kursman said the company last week suspended all woodlands operations across Quebec, and suspended operations at its Senneterre and Comtois sawmills in the Abitibi and Nord-du-Québec regions. The company also suspended operations at the Girardville and La Doré wood products facilities in Lac-Saint-Jean as well as the Outardes sawmill in the Côte-Nord region, but was able to restart the Outardes operations shortly after suspending them thanks to cooler temperatures and rain.