A person wears a mask as they cycle through Majors Hill park in Ottawa on Friday, in June, as wildfire smoke from Manitoba hangs over the National Capital region.

A new global health report suggests that every year from 2020 to 2024 about 1,400 deaths in Canada were associated with wildfire smoke pollution as climate change takes an increasing toll on the country’s health.

The Lancet Countdown on health and climate change, compiled by more than 100 experts worldwide, is considered one of the most comprehensive looks at the subject.

Between 2020 and 2024, the report found the wildfire smoke pollution in Canada had increased on average by 172 per cent compared to what it had been between 2003 and 2012.

Other key findings included that people in Canada last year were exposed to about si

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