List of extreme temperatures in Canada explained

The following is a list of the most extreme temperatures recorded in Canada.

Province or Territory	Record high temperature	Date	Place(s)	data-sort-type="number"	Record low temperature	Date	Place(s)
Alberta	43.3C^[1]		Bassano Dam	-61.1C		Fort Vermilion
British Columbia	49.6C^[2]	June 29, 2021	Lytton	-58.9C		Smith River
Manitoba	44.4C	July 11 and 12, 1936^[3] ^[4]	Emerson and St. Albans (Treesbank)	-52.8C		Norway House
New Brunswick	39.4C		Nepisiguit Falls, Rexton, and Woodstock^[5]	-46.7C		Chipman^[6]
Newfoundland and Labrador	38.3C		North West River (Labrador)	-51.1C		Esker (Labrador)
Northwest Territories	39.9C		Fort Smith	-61.7C		Fort Good Hope
Nova Scotia	38.3C		Collegeville	-41.1C		Upper Stewiacke
Nunavut	34.9C		Kugluktuk	-57.8C		Shepherd Bay
Ontario	42.8C		Turbine, Ontario	-58.3C		Iroquois Falls
Prince Edward Island	36.7C		Charlottetown	-37.2C		South Kildare
Quebec	40C		Ville-Marie	-54.4C		Doucet
Saskatchewan	45C		Yellow Grass and Midale	-56.7C		Prince Albert
Yukon	36.5C		Takhini	-63C		Snag

Highest temperature readings (selected locations)

Date Recorded	Location	Temperature °C (°F)
June 29, 2021	Lytton, British Columbia	49.6C^[7]
June 29, 2021	Spences Bridge, British Columbia	48.6C
June 29, 2021	Ashcroft, British Columbia	48.1C
June 29, 2021	Kamloops, British Columbia	47.3C
June 29, 2021	Lillooet, British Columbia	46.8C
June 29, 2021	Kelowna, British Columbia	45.7C^[8]
June 29, 2021	Osoyoos, British Columbia	45C^[9]
July 5, 1937	Yellow Grass and Midale, Saskatchewan	45C^[10]
July 11 and 12, 1936	Emerson and St. Albans (Treesbank), Manitoba	44.4C^[11]
July 5, 1937	Regina, Saskatchewan	43.9C^[12]
July 11, 1936	Brandon, Manitoba	43.3C^[13]
July 21, 1931	Bassano Dam, Alberta	43.3C^[14]
July 11 and 12, 1936	Atikokan, Ontario	42.2C^[15]
July 13, 1936	Fort Frances, Ontario	42.2C^[16]
July 11, 1936	Winnipeg, Manitoba	42.2C
July 20, 1919	Biscotasing, Ontario	42.2C
July 30, 2009	Woss, British Columbia	42.1C
July 29, 2009	Bella Coola, British Columbia	41.2C^[17]
July 8, 9, 10, 1936	Toronto, Ontario	40.6C^[18]
July 4, 1911	Grimsby, Ontario	40.6C
June 6, 1988	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	40.6C^[19]
June 28, 2021	Nanaimo, British Columbia	40.5C
June 25, 1988	Windsor, Ontario	40.3C
July 6, 1921	Ville-Marie, Quebec	40C
June 30, 2021	Fort Smith, Northwest Territories	39.9C
June 28, 2021	Victoria, British Columbia	39.8C
August 18, 1935	Nepisiguit Falls, Rexton & Woodstock, New Brunswick	39.4C
June 18, 1995	Timmins, Ontario	38.8C
July 9, 2024	Trail, British Columbia	38.4C
July 31, 1975	Sudbury, Ontario	38.3C
August 19, 1935	Collegeville, Nova Scotia	38.3C
August 10, 2001	Ingonish Beach, Nova Scotia	37.7C
June 19, 2024	Bathurst, New Brunswick	37.6C
July 10, 1912	Halifax, Nova Scotia	37.2C^[20]
July 30, 1975	Thunder Bay, Ontario	37.2C
July 15, 1989	Kugluktuk, Nunavut	34.9C
July 30, 2009	Vancouver, British Columbia	34.4C
July 20, 2000	Robertson Lake, Nunavut	32.6C

Highest temperatures ever recorded in Canada

Date Recorded	Location	Temperature
June 29, 2021	Lytton, British Columbia	49.6C
June 29, 2021	Spences Bridge, British Columbia	48.6C
June 29, 2021	Ashcroft, British Columbia	48.1C
June 28, 2021	Lytton, British Columbia	47.9C
June 29, 2021	Kamloops, British Columbia	47.3C
June 27, 2021	Lytton, British Columbia	46.6C^[21]
June 29, 2021	Kelowna, British Columbia	45.7C
July 5, 1937	Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan	45C
July 5, 1937	Midale, Saskatchewan	45C
July 11, 1936	St. Albans (Treesbank), Manitoba	44.4C
July 12, 1936	Emerson, Manitoba	44.4C
July 17, 1944	Lillooet, British Columbia	44.4C
July 17, 1944	Lytton, British Columbia	44.4C
July 17, 1944	Barriere, British Columbia	44.4C
July 29, 1934	Rock Creek, British Columbia	43.9C
June 5, 1988	Kincaid, Saskatchewan	43.5C

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Lowest temperature readings

The coldest place in Canada based on average yearly temperature is Eureka, Nunavut, where the temperature averages at -19.7C for the year.

Date Recorded	Location	Temperature
Monday, February 3, 1947		Snag, Yukon	-63C
Monday, February 3, 1947		Mayo, Yukon	-62.2C^[24]
Saturday, December 31, 1910		Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories	-61.7C^[25]
Wednesday, January 11, 1911	Fort Vermilion, Alberta	-61.2C^[26]
Sunday, January 5, 1975	Old Crow, Yukon	-59.4C^[27]
Wednesday, January 8, 1936	Fort Resolution, NWT	-59.4C
Friday, January 31, 1947	Smith River, British Columbia	-58.9C
Wednesday, January 23, 1935	Iroquois Falls, Ontario	-58.3C
Monday, February 3, 1947	Dawson City, Yukon	-58.3C
Tuesday, February 13, 1973	Shephard Bay, Nunavut	-57.8C
Wednesday, December 26, 1917	Fort Smith, Northwest Territories	-57.2C
Wednesday, January 21, 1906	Whitehorse, Yukon	-56.2C
Saturday, February 1, 1947	Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories	-56.1C
Friday, February 9, 1934	Iroquois Falls, Ontario	-55.6C
Thursday, February 15, 1979	Eureka, Nunavut	-55.3C^[28]
Monday, February 12, 1979	Pond Inlet, Nunavut	-53.9C
Monday, February 5, 1923	Doucet, Quebec	-54.4C
Monday, January 9, 1899	Norway House, Manitoba	-52.8C
Friday, January 7, 1966	Resolute, Nunavut	-52.2C
Thursday, December 22, 2022	Rabbit Kettle, Northwest Territories	-52.1C
Friday, January 31, 1947	Yellowknife, Northwest Territories	-51.2C
Saturday, February 17, 1973	Esker 2, Newfoundland and Labrador	-51.1C
Thursday, January 13, 1972	High Level, Alberta	-50.6C^[29]
Wednesday, January 31, 1996	Geraldton, Ontario	-50.2C
Thursday January 1, 1885		-50C^[30]
Thursday, January 11, 2018	Rabbit Kettle, Northwest Territories	-49.8C
Tuesday, January 19 and Thursday, January 21 1886	Edmonton, Alberta	-49.4C^[31]
Saturday, December 30, 2017	Rabbit Kettle, Northwest Territories	-48.6C
Saturday, February 17, 1973	Wabush, Newfoundland and Labrador	-47.8C
Wednesday, December 24, 1879	Winnipeg, Manitoba	-47.8C
Friday, February 10, 1967	Iqaluit, Nunavut	-45.6C
Monday, January 29, 1996	Jasper, Alberta	-43.8C
Tuesday, December 17, 2013	Eureka Airport, Nunavut	-42C
Saturday, January 31, 1920	Upper Stewiacke, Nova Scotia	-41.1C
Thursday, December 17, 2020	Fort McKay, Alberta	-37.1C

Yearly Canadian temperature extremes

• Note that minimum extremes are for the entire winter season ending in the year listed.

Year	Extreme maximum		Extreme minimum
	Location	Temperature	Location	Temperature
2024	Lytton, British Columbia	style=white-space:nowrap	42.5C	Keg River, Alberta and Old Crow, Yukon	style=white-space:nowrap	-51.5C
2023	Lytton, British Columbia	style=white-space:nowrap	42.2C	Rabbit Kettle, Northwest Territories	style=white-space:nowrap	-53.4C
2022	Lytton, British Columbia	style=white-space:nowrap	42.2C	Pelly Ranch, Yukon	style=white-space:nowrap	-53.3C
2021	Lytton, British Columbia	style=white-space:nowrap	49.6C	Wekweeti, Northwest Territories (NWT)	style=white-space:nowrap	-52C
2020	Lytton, British Columbia	41.4C	Thomsen River, NWT	-51.8C
2019	Trail, British Columbia	39.2C	Shepherd Bay, Nunavut	-48.8C
2018	Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan	42.3C	Kugaaruk, Nunavut	-51.8C
2017	Hedley, British Columbia	41C	Mould Bay, Northwest Territories	-54.7C
2016	Oliver, British Columbia	39C	Eureka, Nunavut	-47.8C
2015	Hedley, British Columbia	42C	Old Crow, Yukon	-49.7C
2014	Ashcroft, British Columbia	41.7C	Eureka, Nunavut	-50.4C
2013	Lytton, British Columbia	40.5C	Eureka, Nunavut	-51.5C
2012	Lytton, British Columbia	40.3C	Old Crow, Yukon	-52.1C
2011	Grimsby, Ontario	38.5C	Watson Lake, Yukon	-52.8C
2010	Ashcroft, British Columbia	38.8C	Old Crow, Yukon	-47.6C
2009	Gold River, British Columbia	41.5C	McQuesten, Yukon	-52C
2008	Lytton, British Columbia	40.4C	Mayo, Yukon	-53.8C
2007	Woodrow, Saskatchewan	43C	Ogilvie River, Yukon	-54.5C
2006	Lytton, British Columbia	42.1C	Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories	-50C
2005	Frontier, Saskatchewan	39.5C	Stewart Crossing and Burwash Landing, Yukon	-55C
2004	Lytton, British Columbia	41.8C	Pelly Ranch and Ogilvie River, Yukon	-54.5C
2003	Elrose, Saskatchewan	41C	La Grande 4, Quebec	-50.4C
2002	Osoyoos, British Columbia	42C	Key Lake, Saskatchewan	-51.5C
2001	Osoyoos, British Columbia	41.7C	Eureka, Nunavut	-51.2C
2000	Osoyoos, British Columbia	38.8C	Nahanni National Park Reserve, Northwest Territories	-52.3C
1999	Spences Bridge, British Columbia	39C	Ross River, Yukon	-57C
1998	Osoyoos, British Columbia	42.8C	Stewart Crossing, Yukon	-55C
1997	Osoyoos, British Columbia	39.6C	Pelly Ranch, Yukon	-55C
1996	Osoyoos, British Columbia	41.2C	Pelly Ranch, Yukon	-55C
1995	Smoky Falls, Ontario and Lake Cowichan, British Columbia	40C	Sachs Harbour, Northwest Territories	-54.6C
1994	Osoyoos, British Columbia	42.6C	Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories	-52C
1993	Spences Bridge, British Columbia	37.5C	Old Crow, Yukon	-57C
1992	Osoyoos, British Columbia	39.8C	Shepherd Bay, Nunavut	-50C
1991	Empress and Bindloss, Alberta	40C	Pelly Ranch, Yukon	-54C
1990	Lytton, British Columbia	40.2C	Pelly Ranch, Yukon	-57C
1989	Turtle Mountain, Manitoba	40.5C	Ogilvie River, Yukon	-56C
1988	Kincaid, Saskatchewan	43.5C	Shepherd Bay, Nunavut	-55.6C
1987	Boston Bar, British Columbia	42C	Eureka, Nunavut	-55.3C
1986	Boston Bar, British Columbia	41.5C	Swift River, Yukon	-54C
1985	Lytton, British Columbia	41C	Watson Lake, Yukon	-53.3C
1984	Consul, Saskatchewan	43C	Pelly Ranch, Yukon	-55C
1983	Midale, Saskatchewan	41.5C	Stewart River, Yukon	-58C
1982	Boston Bar and Spences Bridge, British Columbia	39.5C	Ross River, Yukon	-58.5C
1981	Boston Bar and Lytton, British Columbia	41.5C	Stewart Crossing, Yukon	-55.5C
1980		40C	Pelly Ranch, Yukon	-58C
1979		41.5C	Pelly Ranch, Yukon	-58.5C
1978		41.5C	Pelly Ranch, Yukon	-54.4C
1977		41.5C	Eagle River, Yukon	-53.9C
1976		39.4C	Ross River, Yukon	-56.7C
1975		42.8C	Old Crow and Ross River, Yukon	-59.4C
1974		41.1C	Mayo, Yukon	-56.7C
1973		40C	Shepherd Bay, Nunavut	-57.8C
1972	Lillooet, British Columbia and Lumsden, Saskatchewan	40C	Ross River, Yukon	-56.7C
1971	Lytton, British Columbia	42.2C	Pelly Ranch and Mayo, Yukon	-58.3C
1970		41.1C	Pelly Ranch, Yukon	-53.9C
1969		41.7C	Ross River, Yukon	-57.2C
1968		40C	Pelly Ranch, Yukon	-60C
1967		41.1C	Pelly Ranch, Yukon	-56.7C
1966		39.4C	Pelly Ranch and Carmacks, Yukon	-57.8C
1965	Ashcroft, British Columbia	41.7C	Snag, Yukon	-56.2C
1964	Sturgeon Crossing, Saskatchewan	41.7C	Isachsen, Nunavut	-53.3C
1963	East Poplar River, Willow Creek, and Cardross, Saskatchewan	39.4C	Mayo, Yukon	-57.2C
1962	Lytton, British Columbia	38.9C	Pelly Ranch, Yukon	-58.9C
1961	Maple Creek, Saskatchewan	43.3C	Pelly Ranch and Dawson City, Yukon	-51.2C
1960	Newgate, British Columbia	43.3C	Shingle Point, Yukon, Eureka, Nunavut, and Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories	-51.2C
1959	Newgate, British Columbia	41.1C	Pelly Ranch, Yukon	-57.8C
1958	Midale, Saskatchewan	41.7C	Lake Hazen, Nunavut	-56.2C
1957	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	38.9C	Pelly Ranch, Yukon	-54.4C
1956	Barriere & Lytton, British Columbia	41.1C	Pelly Ranch, Yukon	-55.6C
1955	Ramsey, Ontario & Oliver, British Columbia	39.4C	Old Crow, Yukon	-55.6C
1954	Foremost, Alberta	40C	Frenchman Butte, Saskatchewan & Snag, Yukon	-52.2C
1953	Willow Creek, Saskatchewan	42.2C	Elmworth, Alberta	-53.3C
1952	Midale, Saskatchewan	40.6C	Snag, Yukon	-60.9C
1951		40.6C	Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories & Isachsen, Nunavut	-52.8C
1950	Lytton & Port Alberni, British Columbia	38.3C	Snag, Yukon	-56.2C
1949	Rosetown, Saskatchewan	43.3C	Snag, Yukon	-56.2C
1948	Pennant, Saskatchewan	41.7C	Eureka, Nunavut	-52.8C
1947	Semans, Saskatchewan	40C	Snag, Yukon	-63C
1946	Beechy, Saskatchewan	42.8C	Mayo, Yukon	-57.2C
1945	Waneta, British Columbia & Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan	41.1C	St. Walburg, Saskatchewan	-50C
1944		42.2C	Passe Dangereuse Dam, Quebec	-50C
1943		40C	Mayo, Yukon	-55C
1942		43.9C	Heaslip, Ontario	-50C
1941		44.4C	Watson Lake, Yukon	-51.7C
1940		42.2C	Watson Lake, Yukon	-50.6C
1939		43.3C	Elmworth, Alberta & Watson Lake, Yukon	-52.2C
1938	Barriere, British Columbia	42.8C	Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories	-52.2C
1937	Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan & Midale, Saskatchewan	45C	Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories	-51.2C
1936	St Albans (Treesbank), Manitoba & Emerson, Manitoba	44.4C	Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories	-59.4C
1935	Lillooet, British Columbia	41.1C	Iroquois Falls, Ontario	-58.3C
1934	Rock Creek, British Columbia	43.9C	Fort Vermilion, Alberta	-57.8C
1933	Leader, Saskatchewan, Outlook, Saskatchewan, Shaunavon, Saskatchewan, Pennant, Saskatchewan, and Lumsden, Saskatchewan	41.1C	Fort Vermilion, Alberta	-57.8C
1932	Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan	41.1C	Mayo, Yukon	-53.9C
1931	Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan and Aneroid, Saskatchewan	43.3C	Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories	-49.4C
1930	Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan	41.1C	Witchekan, Saskatchewan	-53.9C
1929	Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan, and Greenwood, British Columbia	42.2C	Rocky Mountain House, Alberta	-53.3C
1928	Lillooet, British Columbia and Greenwood, British Columbia	41.7C	Vanderhoof, British Columbia & Fort Vermilion, Alberta	-50.6C
1927	Greenwood, British Columbia	43.3C	Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories	-51.7C
1926	Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan	43.3C	Doucet, Quebec	-48.9C
1925	Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan	41.1C	Mayo, Yukon	-57.2C
1924	Waneta, British Columbia and Grand Forks, British Columbia	42.8C	Fort Vermilion, Alberta	-52.2C
1923	Newgate, British Columbia and Grand Forks, British Columbia	38.9C	Doucet, Quebec	-54.4C
1922	St Albans, Manitoba and Grand Forks, British Columbia	40C	Fort Resolution, Northwest Territories	-52.8C
1921	St Albans, Manitoba, Bassano Dam, Alberta, and Vauxhall, Alberta	40.6C	Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories	-50.6C
1920	Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan	41.1C	Stry, Alberta	-52.2C
1919	Dauphin, Manitoba	43.3C	Fort Vermilion, Alberta	-53.9C
1918	Lillooet, British Columbia, London, Ontario, and Chatham, Ontario	41.1C	Fort Smith, Northwest Territories	-53.3C
1917	Jenner, Alberta	42.2C	Fort Vermilion, Alberta, Fort Smith, Northwest Territories	-57.2C
1916	Iroquois Falls, Ontario	41.1C	Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories	-55.6C
1915	Jenner, Alberta	40C	Fort Smith, Northwest Territories	-49.4C
1914	St Albans, Manitoba	41.7C	Amos, Quebec	-52.8C
1913	Ashcroft, British Columbia and Fort Frances, Ontario	38.9C	Fort Vermilion, Alberta	-54.4C
1912	St Albans, Manitoba	40C	Dawson, Yukon	-52.2C
1911		40.6C	Fort Vermilion, Alberta	-61.2C
1910	St Albans, Manitoba and Moosehorn, Manitoba	41.7C	Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories	-61.7C
1909	Cannington, Saskatchewan	40C	Dawson, Yukon	-53.9C
1908	Spences Bridge, British Columbia	42.2C	Fort Chipewyan, Alberta and Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories	-48.9C
1907	Kitimat, British Columbia	41.1C	Dawson, Yukon	-50.6C
1906	Spences Bridge, British Columbia	42.2C	Whitehorse, Yukon	-56.2C
1905	Spences Bridge, British Columbia	40.6C	Gleichen, Alberta and Kneehill, Alberta	-47.2C
1904	Enderby, British Columbia	39.4C	Dawson, Yukon	-50C
1903	Spences Bridge, British Columbia	38.9C	Dawson, Yukon	-51.7C
1902	Spences Bridge, British Columbia	38.3C	Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories	-46.7C
1901	St Albans, Manitoba	38.9C	Dawson, Yukon	-55.6C
1900	Cannington, Saskatchewan	43.3C	Fort McPherson, Northwest Territories	-51.7C
1899			Iroquois Falls, Ontario	style=white-space:nowrap	-55.6C
1893			Prince Albert, Saskatchewan	style=white-space:nowrap	-56.7C
1886			Prince Albert, Saskatchewan	style=white-space:nowrap	-55C
1885			Prince Albert, Saskatchewan	style=white-space:nowrap	-51.2C

Occurrences by province

Province/Territory	Extreme maximum occurrences	Extreme minimum occurrences
Alberta	8	14
British Columbia	70	1
Manitoba	13	0
Northwest Territories	0	22
Nunavut	0	13
Ontario	8	1
Quebec	0	6
Saskatchewan	32	4
Yukon	0	65

Extreme maximum occurrences by community

City	Province	Occurrences
Lytton	BC	15
Spences Bridge	BC	8
Osoyoos	BC	8
Fort Qu'Appelle	SK	8
St Albans	MB	8
Boston Bar	BC	6
Lillooet	BC	5
Midale	SK	4
Ashcroft	BC	4

Extreme minimum occurrences by town

City	Province/Territory	Occurrences
Pelly Ranch	YT	19
Fort Good Hope	NT	10
Dawson	YT	8
Mayo	YT	7
Eureka	NU	7
Fort Vermilion	AB	7
Old Crow	YT	7
Ross River	YT	6
Snag	YT	6
Watson Lake	YT	5
Shepherd Bay	NU	4

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Yearly Canadian average mean temperatures

Year	Highest Average		Lowest Average
	Location	Temperature	Location	Temperature
2023
2022
2021
2020		12C	Eureka, Nunavut	-16.9C
2019	Vancouver, British Columbia (Harbour CS station)	11.5C	Eureka, Nunavut	-16C
2018	Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia (Merry Island Lighthouse)	11.8C	Eureka, Nunavut	-18.8C
2017	Windsor, Ontario	11.5C	Eureka, Nunavut	-18.7C
2016	Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia (Merry Island Lighthouse)	12.2C	Eureka, Nunavut	-16.7C
2015	Howe Sound, British Columbia	12.7C	Eureka, Nunavut	-18.1C
2014	Qualicum Beach, British Columbia (Sisters Island)	11.9C	Resolute, Nunavut	-15.7C
2013	Qualicum Beach, British Columbia	11.3C	Resolute, Nunavut	-15.6C
2012	Windsor, Ontario	12.2C	Eureka, Nunavut	-17.5C
2011	Windsor, Ontario	10.8C	Eureka, Nunavut	-17.3C
2010	Windsor, Ontario	11.4C	Eureka, Nunavut	-15.9C
2009	Chemainus, British Columbia	10.8C	Eureka, Nunavut	-17.7C
2008	Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia (Merry Island Lighthouse)	10.7C	Eureka, Nunavut	-18.1C
2007	Saturna Island, British Columbia	11.8C	Eureka, Nunavut	-16.7C
2006	Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia	11.5C	Eureka, Nunavut	-16.7C
2005	Saturna Island, British Columbia	12.5C	Isachsen, Nunavut	-17.5C
2004	Vancouver, British Columbia	11.9C	Alert, Nunavut	-19.4C
2003	Victoria, British Columbia	11.8C	Eureka, Nunavut	-17.6C
2002	Windsor, Ontario	11.13C	Eureka, Nunavut	-17.6C
2001	Saturna Island, British Columbia	11.9C	Eureka, Nunavut	-18.7C
2000	Victoria, British Columbia	11.2C	Eureka, Nunavut	-19C
1999	Windsor, Ontario	11.3C	Eureka, Nunavut	-19.7C
1998	Windsor, Ontario	12.5C	Eureka, Nunavut	-17C
1997	Victoria, British Columbia	11.8C	Eureka, Nunavut	-19.2C
1996	Vancouver, British Columbia	10.9C	Eureka, Nunavut	-18.7C
1995	Vancouver, British Columbia	12.1C	Eureka, Nunavut	-18.2C
1994	Vancouver, British Columbia	12.1C	Eureka, Nunavut	-18C
1993	Vancouver, British Columbia	11.5C	Eureka, Nunavut	-18.8C
1992	Vancouver, British Columbia	12.4C	Eureka, Nunavut	-20.5C
1991	Agassiz, British Columbia	11.3C	Mould Bay, Northwest Territories	-17.7C
1990	Pelee Island, Ontario	11.1C	Eureka, Nunavut	-19.4C
1989	Chilliwack, British Columbia	11C	Eureka, Nunavut	-20.6C
1988	Chilliwack, British Columbia	10.9C	Eureka, Nunavut	-18.3C
1987	Chilliwack, British Columbia	11.9C	Eureka, Nunavut	-21.2C
1986	Chilliwack, British Columbia	11.2C	Eureka, Nunavut	-20.8C
1985	Windsor, Ontario	10.4C	Eureka, Nunavut	-20C
1984	Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia	10.4C	Eureka, Nunavut	-21.3C
1983	Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia	11C	Eureka, Nunavut	-19.3C
1982	Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia	10.5C	Eureka, Nunavut	-20.4C
1981	Powell River, British Columbia	11C	Eureka, Nunavut	-17.6C
1980	Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia	10.6C	Eureka, Nunavut	-19.9C
1979	Port Coquitlam, British Columbia	11C	Eureka, Nunavut	-21.5C
1978	Port Coquitlam, British Columbia	10.7C	Eureka, Nunavut	-19.3C
1977	Vancouver, British Columbia	10.4C	Eureka, Nunavut	-19.8C
1976	Chilliwack, British Columbia	10.3C	Eureka, Nunavut	-20.6C
1975	Pelee Island, Ontario	10.3C	Eureka, Nunavut	-20.5C
1974	Vancouver, British Columbia	10.7C	Eureka, Nunavut	-21.3C
1973	Pelee Island, Ontario	11.5C	Eureka, Nunavut	-20C
1972	Surrey, British Columbia	10.2C	Eureka, Nunavut	-21.8C
1971	Windsor, Ontario	10.3C	Eureka, Nunavut	-20C
1970	Surrey, British Columbia	10.6C	Eureka, Nunavut	-20.2C
1969	Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia	10.6C	Eureka, Nunavut	-19.5C
1968	Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia	10.6C	Eureka, Nunavut	-19.8C
1967	Lytton, British Columbia	11.6C	Eureka, Nunavut	-19.5C
1966	Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia	10.8C	Eureka, Nunavut	-20.2C
1965	Chilliwack, British Columbia	10.9C		-18.8C
1964	Saltspring Island, British Columbia	10.1C	Isachsen, Nunavut	-20.5C
1963	Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia	11.2C	Eureka, Nunavut	-19.3C
1962	Halfmoon Bay, British Columbia	10.7C	Eureka, Nunavut	-18.3C
1961	Chilliwack, British Columbia	11.3C	Eureka, Nunavut	-20.4C
1960	Victoria, British Columbia	10.8C	Isachsen, Nunavut	-18.3C
1959	Victoria, British Columbia	10.6C	Eureka, Nunavut	-19.6C
1958	Victoria, British Columbia	12.1C	Eureka, Nunavut	-18C
1957	Nanaimo, British Columbia	11C	Eureka, Nunavut	-19.9C
1956	Duncan, British Columbia	10.6C	Eureka, Nunavut	-20.2C
1955	Chatham, Ontario	10.8C	Eureka, Nunavut	-19.3C
1954	Chatham, Ontario	10.2C	Eureka, Nunavut	-18.6C
1953	Lytton, British Columbia	11.2C	Eureka, Nunavut	-19.4C
1952	Chatham, Ontario	10.6C	Eureka, Nunavut	-18.4C
1951	Nanaimo, British Columbia	11.1C	Eureka, Nunavut	-19.4C
1950	Nanaimo, British Columbia	10.2C	Isachsen, Nunavut	-19.8C
1949	Chatham, Ontario	11.2C	Eureka, Nunavut	-19.6C
1948	Nanaimo, British Columbia	10.4C	Eureka, Nunavut	-19.9C

Occurrences by province

Province/Territory	Extreme warmest year occurrences	Extreme coldest year occurrences
British Columbia	57	0
Northwest Territories	0	1
Nunavut	0	72
Ontario	16	0

Extreme warmest year occurrences by location

City	Province	Occurrences
Halfmoon Bay	BC	13
Vancouver	BC	9
Windsor	ON	9
Chilliwack	BC	7
Victoria	BC	6
Nanaimo	BC	4
Chatham	ON	4
Pelee	ON	3
Saturna Island	BC	3
Qualicum Beach	BC	2
Lytton	BC	2
Port Coquitlam	BC	2

Extreme coldest year occurrences by location

City	Territory	Occurrences
Eureka	NU	64
Isachsen	NU	5
Resolute	NU	2
Alert	NU	1
Mould Bay	NT	1

See also

• Weather extremes in Canada
• Temperature in Canada

References

3. Book of Lists, Scholastic Canada, 2005, Pages 80 and 81 and 69

Notes and References

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