Average February Snowfall in Canadian Cities

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

February snowfall averages
Days City Inches Centi­metres
2 Abbotsford, British Columbia 3.4 8.6
10 Barrie, Ontario 18.1 45.9
5 Brantford, Ontario 8.6 21.9
7 Calgary, Alberta 5.7 14.5
8 Edmonton, Alberta 5.3 13.4
10 Guelph, Ontario 14.7 37.2
6 Halifax, Nova Scotia 13.8 35.0
9 Hamilton, Ontario 12.3 31.1
3 Kelowna, British Columbia 2.8 7.0
11 Kingston, Ontario 15.4 39.1
12 Kitchener - Waterloo, Ontario 11.9 30.3
Days City Inches Centi­metres
12 London, Ontario 15.1 38.4
9 Moncton, New Brunswick 21.2 53.8
12 Montréal, Quebec 16.2 41.2
6 Oshawa, Ontario 9.8 24.9
10 Ottawa, Ontario 13.7 34.7
7 Peterborough, Ontario 12.9 32.8
13 Québec City, Quebec 25.0 63.6
9 Regina, Saskatchewan 4.5 11.4
15 Saguenay, Quebec 21.8 55.3
4 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan 3.7 9.5
14 Sherbrooke, Quebec 21.3 54.2
Days City Inches Centi­metres
9 St. Catharines - Niagara, Ontario 11.5 29.3
10 Saint John, New Brunswick 19.0 48.4
15 St. John's, Newfoundland 28.0 71.0
13 Sudbury, Ontario 20.4 51.7
10 Thunder Bay, Ontario 8.3 21.2
9 Toronto, Ontario 10.6 27.0
10 Trois-Rivières, Quebec 19.4 49.3
1 Vancouver, British Columbia 1.8 4.5
1 Victoria, British Columbia 2.3 5.8
9 Windsor, Ontario 12.0 30.5
8 Winnipeg, Manitoba 4.9 12.5
Reference

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

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