Snow seemingly endless, extreme cold and a mixture of ice and frozen rain granules. In much of Canada, it has been an unpleasant festive weekend for the weather.
Environment Canada issued winter storm warnings for much of eastern Ontario and West of Quebec. The agency said that southern Ontario could wait 15 to 25 centimeters of additional snow. For much of eastern Ontario and Quebec, the weather service predicted another 25 to 40 centimeters of snowfall.
Meanwhile, people in parts of the west of Canada experienced an extreme cold for a third day. And another storm reached the maritime, bringing strong snow and icy conditions that were expected to last until Monday.
Traffic chaos in Ontario
The Provincial Police of the Eastern Region of Ontario was asking people to avoid trips as visibility worsened. The officers were sent to a single vehicle reinvestment on the 401 highway to the east of Kingston, Ontario, on Sunday morning, police said in X, adding that there were no injuries.
A spokesman for the Provincial Police of Ontario told CBC News that the officers had responded to 37 collisions on roads monitored by OPP in Ottawa from 6 in the morning on Sunday, although injuries were not reported.
Meanwhile, the Central Region of OPP asked people to take emergency detour routes in Northumberland County, east of Oshawa, Ontario, as the conditions worsened for road drivers.
In Toronto, Environment Canada warned on Sunday that travel conditions could “deteriorate quickly” on Sunday morning, with driving and walking more and more difficult and even dangerous in some areas.
Several dozen flights were canceled or delayed on Sunday morning at Toronto Pearson International Airport in the middle of strong snowfall.
Toronto Pearson published in X that the airport had accumulated more than 12 centimeters of snow from 8 am et on Sunday and waited another 15 centimeters at the end of the day.
In Ottawa, dozens of flights were canceled at the Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, since the airport said the teams were “in full validity that dealt with the snow and maintained the clear and safe clues.”
Heavy snow forecast in Quebec
In Quebec, Snow began to fall on Saturday night and began intensifying Sunday morning. The city of Montreal and Quebec was expected to receive 25 to 40 centimeters of snow on Sunday, while the areas east of those cities were looking at 30 to 50 centimeters of snow.
Environment Canada said that conditions are expected to deteriorate rapidly, and added that accumulating snow and blowing snow could make trips in some areas dangerous.
Transport Quebec urged caution on roads and to avoid non -essential trips and said the weather probably interrupted traffic conditions to Monday.
According to airport officials, around 150 flights were canceled in the city of Montreal and Quebec. The vast majority of cancellations were at the Trudeau International Airport in Montreal, mainly affecting national flights.
Maritime energy blackout concerns
Strong winds and snow are also expected in parts of the maritime provinces, with strong winds that are expected to last until Monday in some areas.
CBC PEI meteorologist Jay Scotland said the main concern is the possible interruptions, with an icy rain in the mixture. He said that the heaviest accumulation of snow and ice perdition will probably fall on west of PEI, with the most recent information that shows more than 10 to 20 centimeters possible tonight and during the night.
Environment Canada also issued weather warnings for the three counties of Prince Eduardo island at the beginning of tonight and continued until the holidays on Monday.
In New Brunswick, 20 to 40 centimeters of snow is expected in the northern half of the province.
It is likely that the southern Brunswick and Pei see five to 15 centimeters of snow and ice granules and then a mixture with the icy rain.
Nueva Scotia will see amounts of snow and ice pellets that range from almost five to 10 centimeters, with the highest amounts probable for the northeast areas and Cabo Breton.
Extreme cold in the grasslands
Most of the West of Canada was beaten with extremely cold winds on Saturday night and Environment Canada said that extreme cold warnings, reported for the first time on Friday, would continue in the week.
The weather service said that temperatures would fall between -30 C and -50 C in many areas.
The warnings are in their place for most Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.
On Sunday and Monday they will bring the worst of the cold in the Calgary area, said Eric Van Lochem, a meteorologist with the environment and climate change in Canada.
