Explore historic weather events that have impacted communities across Canada. Discover notable snowstorms, ice storms, tornadoes, floods, wildfires, hurricanes and other extreme weather events
The 2011 Groundhog Day Blizzard was one of the largest and most disruptive winter storms in North American history. From January 31 to February 3, 2011, the storm brought blizzard conditions, heavy snowfall, damaging winds, and widespread travel disruptions from Texas to Atlantic Canada. Learn how the storm formed, where
The Blizzard of 1977 was one of the most severe winter storms in Southern Ontario’s history. Between January 28 and 31, powerful winds created widespread whiteout conditions and massive snowdrifts across the Niagara Peninsula, isolating communities, stranding thousands of motorists, and bringing transportation to a standstill.
The January 1998 North American Ice Storm was one of the most destructive winter storms in Canadian history. From January 4–10, 1998, prolonged freezing rain coated parts of eastern Canada and the northeastern United States in thick layers of ice, causing widespread power outages, infrastructure damage, and billions of dollars