Published on Dec. 1, 2025, 10:04 AM
Get ready for the cold and wintry weather to stick around for a while across Canada heading into the month of December
Winter is off to a strong start across Canada as pulses of frigid air spill south out of the Arctic. How long will this colder-than-normal pattern stick around heading into December?
Aside from some occasional bumps in the road, forecasters are confident that this wintry pattern will have staying power to close out the final few weeks of 2025. If you’re a winter-weather lover, you might like the conditions that lie ahead.
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December’s pattern arrived at the end of November
Mild weather that built over Canada throughout the autumn months is in the rearview mirror now. The cold pattern that swept much of the country to end November is largely the same setup we’ll see through the bulk of December.
Meteorologists are confident that this pattern will stick around through most of the month, occasionally relaxing and reinforcing along the way. Overall, though, predictions of a strong start to winter are proceeding as expected.
All indications point toward colder-than-normal temperatures dominating the month for the central and eastern portions of Canada, stretching from Saskatchewan east through the Maritimes.
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Ridging over the West Coast should keep most communities in British Columbia close to seasonal for the month, with above-seasonal temperatures favoured through northwestern B.C. into the Yukon.
