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