Data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reveals a staggering revelation — more than 150 monthly temperature records have been broken across Canada this year. As a global hot spot for 2023, Canada has witnessed an unseasonably mild winter followed by volatile spring temperatures, contributing to a cascade of events, including a heat wave on the West Coast, devastating wildfires in Alberta and tinderbox conditions in Quebec. Monthly temperature records, meaning the highest temperature ever recorded at a given station for a given month, are measures for tracking and quantifying the effects of climate change. …In May, the West Coast bore witness to an early heat wave, shattering several monthly records within a single week. …In Quebec, though fewer temperature records were broken, devastating wildfires occurred due to higher-than-usual temperatures and a winter marked by low precipitation. These serve as a clear signal, pointing to an unsettling trend of increasing climate impacts.