Snowfall totals add up in Eastern Canada after impactful, wintry wallop
While the West Coast faces off against sopping rains, many Canadians in the eastern half of the country have brought out their shovels and snowblowers
The season’s first significant snowfall blanketed much of Eastern Canada Sunday night and early Monday morning thanks to a low-pressure system tracking over New England, bringing an abundance of Gulf moisture northwards.
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As the morning rush hour commenced in Montreal, 29 cm of snow had already fallen over the city. That resulted in widespread power outages due to the heavy snow and blowing winds, particularly in the Eastern Townships and Montérégie area. Thousands of schools in the Montreal area were also closed on Monday due to the weather.
Those in eastern Ontario, particularly Ottawa, also woke up to a dusting of snow on Monday after an icy Sunday, making for a slippery morning commute as the Ottawa airport recorded 10 cm of snow by the early hours.
On the East Coast, the snow began pushing into the Maritime provinces on Sunday afternoon. Some parts of Nova Scotia were expected to see more than 15 cm of snow as the system pushed into Newfoundland and Labrador. As of Monday morning, the Halifax airport had recorded 12 cm of snow.
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Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) released a summary of Ontario and Quebec snowfall totals as of early Monday afternoon.
In Ontario, the heaviest totals so far are as follows:
Renfrew: 25 cm
Eganville: 23 cm
Osceloa: 15 cm
Kanata: 14 cm
Vanleek Hill: 11.7 cm
Ottawa International Airport: 11 cm
Stittsville: 11 cm
In Quebec, the heaviest totals so far are as follows:
Montreal: 32 cm
Mont-Laurier: 30 cm
Mont-Tremblant: 38 cm
Saint-Colomban: 33
Upper Gatineau: 20 to 25 cm
Mirabel: 24 cm
Sainte-Julie: 30 cm
Joliette: 26 cm
Notre-Dame-Des-Prairies: 26 cm
Mont-Saint-Hilaire: 25 cm
Much like southern Quebec, many customers are without power across Nova Scotia due to the snowy conditions and many schools have closed for the day.
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See below for posts from X (formerly Twitter) showing off the snowy landscape that has covered much of Eastern Canada.
Thumbnail image courtesy: Bertin Ossonon
