The Local News Data Hub’s goal with this project, published on November 11, 2021, was to produce a series of stories on how climate change will alter winter cold and summer heat in Canadian communities in the coming decades. 

The stories paint a picture of winters with fewer cold days, when temperatures fall below freezing, and summers with more hot days, when temperatures soar above 30 C. The Data Hub’s analysis for the stories compared climate change data for the period 1951-1980 with data for the period 2051-2080. It is based on projections available from the ClimateData.ca portal, a collaborative national data initiative funded by Environment and Climate Change Canada.

NATIONAL STORY

LOCAL STORIES

NORTHERN CITIES (CHURCHILL, DAWSON CITY, IQALUIT, WHITEHORSE AND YELLOWKNIFE)

BARRIE, ONTARIO

BRANDON, MANITOBA

CALGARY, ALBERTA

EDMONTON, ALBERTA

GANDER, NEWFOUNDLAND AND LABRADOR

MONTREAL, QUEBEC

OTTAWA, ONTARIO

PRINCE ALBERT, SASKATCHEWAN

PRINCE GEORGE, BRITISH COLUMBIA

QUEBEC CITY, QUEBEC

RED DEER, ALBERTA

REGINA, SASKATCHEWAN

SAGUENAY, QUEBEC

SASKATOON, SASKATCHEWAN

SAULT STE. MARIE, ONTARIO

SUDBURY, ONTARIO

THUNDER BAY, ONTARIO

TROIS-RIVIÈRES, QUEBEC

WINNIPEG, MANITOBA