List of extreme temperatures in Canada


*Regional extreme

Highest temperature readings (selected locations)

Date RecordedLocationTemperature °C
July 5, 1937Yellow Grass and Midale, Saskatchewan
July 11 and 12, 1936Emerson and St. Albans, Manitoba
July 16 and 17, 1941Lillooet and Lytton, British Columbia
July 5, 1937Regina, Saskatchewan
July 11, 1936Brandon, Manitoba
July 21, 1931Bassano Dams, Alberta
July 27, 1998Osoyoos, British Columbia
July 11 and 12, 1936Atikokan, Ontario
July 13, 1936Fort Frances, Ontario
July 11, 1936Winnipeg, Manitoba
July 20, 1919Biscotasing, Ontario
July 30, 2009Woss, British Columbia
July 15, 2014Ashcroft, British Columbia
July 27, 1939 & July 16, 1941Kamloops, British Columbia
June 6, 1988Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
July 29, 2009Bella Coola, British Columbia
July 8, 9, 10, 1936Toronto, Ontario
June 25, 1988Windsor, Ontario
July 6, 1921Ville-Marie
August 18, 1935Nepisiguit Falls, Rexton & Woodstock, New Brunswick
July 18, 1941Fort Smith, Northwest Territories
July 31, 1975Sudbury, Ontario
August 19, 1935Collegeville, Nova Scotia
July 10, 1912Halifax, Nova Scotia
July 15, 1989Kugluktuk, Nunavut
July 30, 2009Vancouver, British Columbia
July 20, 2000Robertson Lake, Nunavut

Highest temperatures ever recorded in Canada

Lowest temperature readings

The coldest place in Canada based on average yearly temperature is Eureka, Nunavut, where the temperature averages at for the year. However, the coldest temperature ever recorded in Canada was in Snag, Yukon.
Date RecordedLocationTemperature
Monday, February 3, 1947Snag, Yukon
Wednesday, January 11, 1911Fort Vermilion, Alberta
Sunday, January 5, 1975Old Crow, Yukon
Wednesday, January 8, 1936 Fort Resolution, NWT
Friday, January 31, 1947Smith River, British Columbia
Wednesday, January 23, 1935Iroquois Falls, Ontario
Tuesday, February 13, 1973Shephard Bay, Nunavut
Wednesday, December 26, 1917Fort Smith, Northwest Territories
Wednesday, February 1, 1893Prince Albert, Saskatchewan
Sunday, February 11, 1979Dawson City, Yukon
Friday, February 9, 1934Iroquois Falls, Ontario
Thursday, February 15, 1979Eureka, Nunavut
Monday, February 12, 1979Pond Inlet, Nunavut
Monday, February 5, 1923Doucet, Quebec
Monday, January 9, 1899Norway House, Manitoba
Friday, January 7, 1966Resolute, Nunavut
January 1947Whitehorse, Yukon
Friday, January 31, 1947Yellowknife, Northwest Territories
Saturday, February 17, 1973Esker 2, Newfoundland and Labrador
Thursday, January 13, 1972High Level, Alberta
Wednesday, January 31, 1996Geraldton, Ontario
Thursday January 1, 1885Regina, Saskatchewan
Thursday, January 11, 2018Rabbit Kettle, Northwest Territories
Tuesday, January 19 and Thursday, January 21 1886Edmonton, Alberta
Thursday, December 30, 2017Rabbit Kettle, Northwest Territories
Saturday, February 17, 1973Wabush, Newfoundland and Labrador
Wednesday, December 24, 1879Winnipeg, Manitoba
Friday, February 10, 1967Iqaluit, Nunavut
Friday, January 29, 1996Jasper, Alberta
Tuesday, December 17, 2013Eureka Airport, Nunavut
Saturday, January 31, 1920Upper Stewiacke, Nova Scotia

Yearly Canadian temperature extremes

Occurrences by province

Extreme maximum occurrences by community

Extreme minimum occurrences by town

Yearly Canadian Average Mean Temperatures

Occurrences by province

Extreme warmest year occurrences by location

Extreme coldest year occurrences by location