More than 200 Mexican wildfire firefighters have been sent to Canada to help combat blazes burning across Ontario and British Columbia, according to Mexico’s embassy in Canada. The deployment marks one of the largest emergency response efforts Mexico has launched under its bilateral cooperation agreement with Canada. Ontario Thanks Mexican PresidentOntario Premier Doug Ford formally thanked Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo for the deployment in a letter dated July 30, 2026. In his letter, Ford also called for strengthening the trilateral alliance between Canada, Mexico and the United States. What Happens NextMexican firefighters are expected to remain in Canada as long as conditions require their support.