Cities in canada with the most snowfall

The cities in canada with the most snowfall are St. John’s (Newfoundland) and Saguenay (Quebec). St. John’s is the city with the most recorded snowfall in the country, and Saguenay the city with the longest recorded snowfall season.

Although these cities make up the ranking of the snowiest cities in Canada, there are also other cities and towns that have recorded heavy snowfalls, read on and find out all about it.

Canada’s snowiest cities

The following is a list of the top 10 cities in Canada that have had the highest winter snowfall records.

City	Province	Inches	Centimeters
St. John's	Newfoundland	131.9	335
Saguenay	Quebec	126.6	321.7
Québec City	Quebec	119.4	303.4
Sherbrooke	Quebec	112.8	286.5
Moncton	New Brunswick	111.0	282.0
Sudbury	Ontario	103.7	263.4
Trois-Rivières	Quebec	102.0	259.0
Saint John	New Brunswick	94.3	239.6
Barrie	Ontario	87.8	223.0
Montréal	Quebec	82.5	209.5

The table above shows that St. John’s, in the province of Newfoundland, is the snowiest city in Canada, recording an annual average of 335 centimeters equivalent to 131.9 inches.

Cities with longer snow seasons.

Some cities in Canada have more extensive snowfall seasons than others, for example, the city of Calgary has snowfall events even at times of the year when it does not snow in other parts of the country. It is for this reason that it is necessary to relate the ranking of cities with more extensive snow seasons leaving layers greater than or equal to 2 centimeters (0.8 inches).

City	Province	Days
Saguenay	Quebec	155
Québec City	Quebec	141
Sudbury	Ontario	136
Trois-Rivières	Quebec	134
Sherbrooke	Quebec	133
Edmonton	Alberta	133
Winnipeg	Manitoba	128
Thunder Bay	Ontario	126
Regina	Saskatchewan	125
Saskatoon	Saskatchewan	124

The table above shows that the city of Saguenay and Quebec City in the province of Quebec are the cities with the longest snow seasons, with snow deposits greater than 1 centimeters (0.4 inches).