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