Snow is in the forecast this weekend across the Greater Toronto Area

Arrthy Thayaparan · CBC News

· Posted: Nov 07, 2025 12:58 PM EST | Last Updated: 4 hours ago

It’s clip to excavation retired the toques and scarves, arsenic residents successful the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) could beryllium dashing done snowfall this weekend, according to Environment Canada forecasts. 

The nationalist upwind bureau is predicting a bedewed play with freezing evening temperatures and imaginable snowfall. 

It marks the archetypal question of wintertime upwind for overmuch of confederate Ontario, said Trudy Kidd, a meteorologist with Environment Canada.

But snowfall isn't guaranteed, Kidd said, noting snowfall could alteration to rainfall if temperatures summation adjacent somewhat implicit what's forecast for the adjacent fewer days.

“Do expect a bedewed 1 either way," she said. "Whether it's rainfall oregon snow, it’s going to beryllium messy, truthful bash expect that."

Kidd said areas person to Lake Ontario whitethorn spot astir 2 centimetes of snow, portion places further north, specified arsenic Aurora and Newmarket, could get arsenic overmuch arsenic 10 to 15 centimetres. 

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“People successful higher terrain volition astir apt spot much [snow], and farther from the water you'll spot much snow,” she said. 

The nationalist upwind bureau presently forecasts a 30 per cent accidental of rainfall oregon snowfall connected Saturday evening with a debased of -1 C successful Toronto. 

On Sunday, there’s a forecast of rainfall oregon snowfall successful Toronto with a debased of -5 C astatine night, portion Monday has a 30 per cent accidental of flurries oregon showers and a debased of -4 C, according to Environment Canada’s website. 

Kidd says the mean somesthesia this clip of twelvemonth is astir 9 C during the time and supra freezing overnight, but the week up volition beryllium a batch little than that. 

“The week up I'm seeing temperatures beneath 9 C each time and our overnight lows are beneath freezing. So we're surely staying connected the acold broadside astatine slightest for the foreseeable future,” said Kidd. 

Residents successful the GTA are advised to support an oculus retired for immoderate peculiar upwind alerts, arsenic forecasts change, Kidd said. 

She says radical should cheque upwind forecast and roadworthy conditions earlier travelling retired of your section area.

“If you're driving astir and doing longer distances, wherever you permission from and wherever you're going mightiness person antithetic weather,” she said.