Average March Snowfall in Canadian Cities

The tables below lists monthly averages for snowfall during March 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 March 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.

March snowfall averages
Days City Inches Centi­metres
1 Abbotsford, British Columbia 1.7 4.4
7 Barrie, Ontario 11.4 29.0
4 Brantford, Ontario 6.1 15.6
9 Calgary, Alberta 8.9 22.7
8 Edmonton, Alberta 6.8 17.4
6 Guelph, Ontario 10.4 26.4
4 Halifax, Nova Scotia 12.3 31.2
5 Hamilton, Ontario 7.2 18.3
1 Kelowna, British Columbia 1.2 3.2
7 Kingston, Ontario 10.0 25.4
9 Kitchener - Waterloo, Ontario 10.4 26.5
Days City Inches Centi­metres
9 London, Ontario 11.6 29.4
9 Moncton, New Brunswick 23.0 58.5
9 Montréal, Quebec 14.2 36.2
4 Oshawa, Ontario 5.3 13.5
7 Ottawa, Ontario 11.4 29.1
4 Peterborough, Ontario 7.7 19.5
11 Québec City, Quebec 18.3 46.4
8 Regina, Saskatchewan 7.4 18.8
13 Saguenay, Quebec 18.0 45.6
4 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 4.1 10.4
11 Sherbrooke, Quebec 19.0 48.2
Days City Inches Centi­metres
7 St. Catharines - Niagara, Ontario 9.1 23.2
9 Saint John, New Brunswick 17.5 44.4
13 St. John's, Newfoundland 22.5 57.3
10 Sudbury, Ontario 13.7 34.9
8 Thunder Bay, Ontario 7.2 18.2
7 Toronto, Ontario 7.8 19.8
7 Trois-Rivières, Quebec 17.2 43.6
1 Vancouver, British Columbia 1.0 2.6
1 Victoria, British Columbia 1.3 3.4
7 Windsor, Ontario 8.2 20.9
7 Winnipeg, Manitoba 6.5 16.5
Reference

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

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