Yearly Snowfall Averages for Canadian Cities

The tables below give annual averages for snowfall at major cities in Canada. The numbers are for the total amount of snow and how many days it snows in a year.

The numbers allow you to compare the typical yearly snowfall for the 33 largest Canadian cities, ranging from St John's, Newfoundland in the east to Victoria, British Columbia in the west.

These are all the metropolitan areas that, according to Statistics Canada, had at least 100,000 people in 2011.

Place name links take you to more detailed information on snowfall, snowstorms and snow accumulation for that location.

The snowfall totals are averages based on weather data collected from 1981 to 2010. The calculation of days includes those when at least 0.2 centimetres (0.08 inches) of snow fell.

Annual average snowfall
Days City Inches Centi­metres
12 Abbotsford, British Columbia 21.7 55.2
46 Barrie, Ontario 87.8 223.0
24 Brantford, Ontario 38.7 98.4
54 Calgary, Alberta 50.7 128.8
52 Edmonton, Alberta 48.6 123.5
45 Guelph, Ontario 61.1 155.1
25 Halifax, Nova Scotia 60.7 154.2
36 Hamilton, Ontario 46.5 118.1
21 Kelowna, British Columbia 25.0 63.5
50 Kingston, Ontario 61.8 157.1
62 Kitchener - Waterloo, Ontario 62.9 159.7
Days City Inches Centi­metres
60 London, Ontario 76.5 194.3
50 Moncton, New Brunswick 111.0 282.0
59 Montréal, Quebec 82.5 209.5
27 Oshawa, Ontario 41.6 105.8
52 Ottawa, Ontario 69.1 175.4
34 Peterborough, Ontario 54.3 137.9
70 Québec City, Quebec 119.4 303.4
56 Regina, Saskatchewan 39.4 100.2
93 Saguenay, Quebec 126.6 321.7
28 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 28.9 73.4
76 Sherbrooke, Quebec 112.8 286.5
Days City Inches Centi­metres
43 St. Catharines - Niagara, Ontario 54.0 137.1
53 Saint John, New Brunswick 94.3 239.6
79 St. John's, Newfoundland 131.9 335.0
75 Sudbury, Ontario 103.7 263.4
62 Thunder Bay, Ontario 64.1 162.9
41 Toronto, Ontario 47.8 121.5
50 Trois-Rivières, Quebec 102.0 259.0
9 Vancouver, British Columbia 17.5 44.6
7 Victoria, British Columbia 13.1 33.4
44 Windsor, Ontario 50.9 129.3
53 Winnipeg, Manitoba 44.8 113.7
Reference

Environment Canada. Meteorological Service of Canada. Canadian Climate Normals. 1981-2010 Climate Normals & Averages.

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