The following is a list of the most extreme temperatures recorded in Canada.
Province or Territory Record high temperature Date Place(s) Record lowtemperature Date Place(s) Alberta Altawan Fort Vermilion British Columbia June 29, 2021 Lytton Smith River Manitoba July 11 and 12, 1936 Emerson andSt. Albans (Treesbank) Norway House New Brunswick Nepisiguit Falls, Rexton, and Woodstock Sisson Dam Newfoundland and Labrador North West River (Labrador) Esker (Labrador) Northwest Territories Fort Smith January 8, 18, and 21, 1936 Fort Resolution Nova Scotia Collegeville Upper Stewiacke Nunavut Kugluktuk Floeberg Beach Ontario Turbine Iroquois Falls Prince Edward Island Charlottetown South Kildare Quebec & Ville-Marie & Saint-Alexis-des-Monts Doucet Saskatchewan Yellow Grass andMidale Prince Albert Yukon Takhini Snag
Highest temperature readings (selected locations)
+ Date Recorded Location Temperature °C (°F) June 29, 2021 Lytton, British Columbia June 29, 2021 Spences Bridge, British Columbia June 29, 2021 Ashcroft, British Columbia June 29, 2021 Kamloops, British Columbia June 29, 2021 Lillooet, British Columbia June 29, 2021 Kelowna, British Columbia June 29, 2021 Osoyoos, British Columbia July 5, 1937 Yellow Grass and Midale, Saskatchewan Weather records Statistics Canada. Accessed February 10, 2009. July 11 and 12, 1936 Emerson and St. Albans (Treesbank), Manitoba June 28, 2021 Woss, British Columbia July 5, 1937 Regina, Saskatchewan June 28, 2021 Gold River, British Columbia July 11, 1936 Brandon, Manitoba July 21, 1931 Bassano Dam, Alberta July 31, 1975 Turbine, Ontario July 11 and 12, 1936 Atikokan, Ontario July 13, 1936 Fort Frances, Ontario July 11, 1936 Winnipeg, Manitoba July 20, 1919 Biscotasing, Ontario July 30, 2009 Woss, British Columbia July 29, 2009 Bella Coola, British Columbia July 14, 1868 Hamilton, Ontario July 12, 2026 Armstrong, Ontario June 27, 2021 West Vancouver, British Columbia July 8, 9, 10, 1936 Toronto, Ontario July 4, 1911 Grimsby, Ontario June 6, 1988 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan June 28, 2021 Nanaimo, British Columbia June 25, 1988 Windsor, Ontario July 6, 1921 Ville-Marie, Quebec June 30, 2021 Fort Smith, Northwest Territories June 28, 2021 Victoria, British Columbia June 27, 2021 Campbell River, British Columbia August 18, 1935 Nepisiguit Falls, Rexton & Woodstock, New Brunswick June 18, 1995 Timmins, Ontario July 9, 2024 Trail, British Columbia July 31, 1975 Sudbury, Ontario August 19, 1935 Collegeville, Nova Scotia August 10, 2001 Ingonish Beach, Nova Scotia June 19, 2024 Bathurst, New Brunswick July 10, 1912 Halifax, Nova Scotia July 30, 1975 Thunder Bay, Ontario July 15, 1989 Kugluktuk, Nunavut July 30, 2009 Vancouver, British Columbia July 20, 2000 Robertson Lake, Nunavut
Highest temperatures ever recorded in Canada
Date Recorded Location Temperature June 29, 2021 Lytton, British Columbia June 29, 2021 Spences Bridge, British Columbia June 29, 2021 Ashcroft, British Columbia June 28, 2021 Lytton, British Columbia June 29, 2021 Kamloops, British Columbia June 27, 2021 Lytton, British Columbia June 29, 2021 Kelowna, British Columbia July 5, 1937 Yellow Grass, Saskatchewan July 5, 1937 Midale, Saskatchewan July 11, 1936 St. Albans (Treesbank), Manitoba July 12, 1936 Emerson, Manitoba July 17, 1944 Lillooet, British Columbia July 17, 1944 Lytton, British Columbia July 17, 1944 Barriere, British Columbia July 29, 1934 Rock Creek, British Columbia June 5, 1988 Kincaid, Saskatchewan
Lowest temperature readings The coldest place in Canada based on average yearly temperature is Eureka, Nunavut, where the temperature averages at for the year.
Date Recorded Location Temperature Monday, February 3, 1947 Snag, Yukon Monday, February 3, 1947 Mayo, Yukon Saturday, December 31, 1910 Fort Good Hope, Northwest Territories (disputed) Wednesday, January 11, 1911 Fort Vermilion, Alberta Sunday, January 5, 1975 Old Crow, Yukon Wednesday, January 8, Saturday, January 18, and Tuesday, January 21, 1936 Fort Resolution, NWT Friday, January 31, 1947 Smith River, British Columbia Wednesday, January 23, 1935 Iroquois Falls, Ontario Monday, February 3, 1947 Dawson City, Yukon Tuesday, February 13, 1973 Shephard Bay, Nunavut Wednesday, December 26, 1917 Fort Smith, Northwest Territories Wednesday, January 21, 1906 Whitehorse, Yukon Saturday, February 1, 1947 Fort Simpson, Northwest Territories Friday, February 9, 1934 Iroquois Falls, Ontario Thursday, February 15, 1979 Eureka, Nunavut Monday, February 12, 1979 Pond Inlet, Nunavut Monday, February 5, 1923 Doucet, Quebec Monday, January 9, 1899 Norway House, Manitoba Friday, January 7, 1966 Resolute, Nunavut Thursday, December 22, 2022 Rabbit Kettle, Northwest Territories Friday, January 31, 1947 Yellowknife, Northwest Territories Saturday, February 17, 1973 Esker 2, Newfoundland and Labrador Thursday, January 13, 1972 High Level, Alberta Wednesday, January 31, 1996 Geraldton, Ontario Thursday January 1, 1885 Regina, Saskatchewan Thursday, January 11, 2018 Rabbit Kettle, Northwest Territories Tuesday, January 19 and Thursday, January 21, 1886 Edmonton, Alberta Saturday, December 30, 2017 Rabbit Kettle, Northwest Territories Saturday, February 17, 1973 Wabush, Newfoundland and Labrador Wednesday, December 24, 1879 Winnipeg, Manitoba Friday, February 10, 1967 Iqaluit, Nunavut Monday, January 29, 1996 Jasper, Alberta Tuesday, December 17, 2013 Eureka Airport, Nunavut Saturday, January 31, 1920 Upper Stewiacke, Nova Scotia Thursday, December 17, 2020 Fort McKay, Alberta
Yearly Canadian temperature extremes Note that minimum extremes are for the entire winter season ending in the year listed.