Published on Nov. 1, 2025, 8:48 PM
The calendar says winter’s near, but the Jays are proving baseball in Canada still has a little heat left.
The leaves have fallen, frost has passed and ski resorts in the west are about to open — but somehow, Canada is still talking baseball.
For the first time in Major League Baseball history, a game will be played on Canadian soil in November. Despite all odds and forecasts, the Toronto Blue Jays are still on the diamond—one day before Banff’s ski lifts start spinning.
After 2,476 regular-season games and 46 postseason games, the Jays’ 2,477th game is a game to remember: a Game 7 that breaks both field and calendar records.
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Nobody anticipated to write “November baseball in Canada.” The country has already seen Arctic air blow through the North, daylight savings creeping away and temperatures dipping below -25ºC in parts of Nunavut.
On October 18, Eureka, Nunavut reported -25.4ºC, followed by -25.8ºC the next day. Fall storms have drenched British Columbia, as the season’s first atmospheric rivers pass through.
The country has officially swapped in its sunscreen for snow shovels, with the exception of Toronto, where the dome remains closed and the crowd’s breath is only visible in anticipation.
