Average Annual Precipitation for Canadian Cities
The tables below list yearly averages for rainfall plus snowfall at major cities in Canada. Each city has a total for how many days of wet weather it usually gets in a year and for the normal amount of precipitation.
The numbers allow you to compare the typical precipitation for the 26 largest Canadian cities, ranging from St John's, Newfoundland in the east to Victoria, British Columbia in the west.
The annual precipitation totals are averages of weather data collected during 1971 to 2000. The calculation of days includes those when precipitation totalled at least 0.2 millimetres (0.008 inches).
| Days | City | Inches | Millimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 177 | Abbotsford, British Columbia | 61.9 | 1573 |
| 154 | Barrie, Ontario | 36.9 | 939 |
| 114 | Calgary, Alberta | 16.2 | 413 |
| 126 | Edmonton, Alberta | 18.8 | 477 |
| 171 | Halifax, Nova Scotia | 57.2 | 1452 |
| 158 | Hamilton, Ontario | 35.8 | 910 |
| 135 | Kelowna, British Columbia | 15.0 | 381 |
| 157 | Kingston, Ontario | 38.1 | 968 |
| 164 | Kitchener, Ontario | 35.7 | 908 |
| 170 | London, Ontario | 38.9 | 987 |
| 163 | Montréal, Quebec | 38.5 | 979 |
| 142 | Oshawa, Ontario | 34.6 | 878 |
| 163 | Ottawa, Ontario | 37.1 | 944 |
| Days | City | Inches | Millimetres |
|---|---|---|---|
| 182 | Québec, Quebec | 48.4 | 1230 |
| 115 | Regina, Saskatchewan | 15.3 | 388 |
| 200 | Saguenay, Quebec | 37.4 | 951 |
| 112 | Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | 13.8 | 350 |
| 192 | Sherbrooke, Quebec | 45.0 | 1144 |
| 151 | St. Catharines, Ontario | 34.4 | 874 |
| 216 | St. John's, Newfoundland | 59.6 | 1514 |
| 164 | Sudbury, Ontario | 35.4 | 899 |
| 146 | Toronto, Ontario | 31.2 | 793 |
| 166 | Vancouver, British Columbia | 47.2 | 1199 |
| 142 | Victoria, British Columbia | 23.9 | 608 |
| 147 | Windsor, Ontario | 36.2 | 918 |
| 124 | Winnipeg, Manitoba | 20.2 | 514 |
Reference
Environment Canada. National Climate Data and Information Archive. Canadian Climate Normals or Averages 1971-2000.