Average January Snowfall in Canadian Cities

The tables below lists monthly averages for snowfall during January at major cities in Canada. The numbers are for the total amount of new snow and how many days it snows this month.

The numbers allow you to compare the typical January 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.

The month's snow 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.

January snowfall averages
Days City Inches Centi­metres
4 Abbotsford, British Columbia 7.3 18.5
12 Barrie, Ontario 26.0 65.9
7 Brantford, Ontario 10.7 27.1
8 Calgary, Alberta 6.0 15.3
11 Edmonton, Alberta 9.7 24.5
13 Guelph, Ontario 15.2 38.6
7 Halifax, Nova Scotia 16.9 43.1
10 Hamilton, Ontario 12.8 32.4
7 Kelowna, British Columbia 7.7 19.5
13 Kingston, Ontario 15.5 39.5
16 Kitchener - Waterloo, Ontario 17.2 43.7
Days City Inches Centi­metres
15 London, Ontario 19.4 49.3
12 Moncton, New Brunswick 26.5 67.4
15 Montréal, Quebec 19.5 49.5
9 Oshawa, Ontario 14.0 35.6
14 Ottawa, Ontario 17.4 44.3
10 Peterborough, Ontario 14.6 37.0
16 Québec City, Quebec 28.3 71.9
12 Regina, Saskatchewan 7.6 19.4
19 Saguenay, Quebec 25.5 64.8
6 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 5.1 13.0
19 Sherbrooke, Quebec 26.8 68.2
Days City Inches Centi­metres
12 St. Catharines - Niagara, Ontario 15.2 38.6
13 Saint John, New Brunswick 25.3 64.3
18 St. John's, Newfoundland 34.9 88.7
17 Sudbury, Ontario 23.4 59.5
13 Thunder Bay, Ontario 14.4 36.5
12 Toronto, Ontario 14.6 37.2
12 Trois-Rivières, Quebec 23.0 58.5
3 Vancouver, British Columbia 6.2 15.7
2 Victoria, British Columbia 3.6 9.2
12 Windsor, Ontario 14.6 37.2
12 Winnipeg, Manitoba 9.3 23.7
Reference

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

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