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Discovering Canada
Weather
Canada covers 9.98 million square kilometres (3.85 million square miles). With such a large
area the weather can vary greatly across the country. Summer is typically June to August, fall is
September to November, winter is December to February, and spring is from March to May.
Severe Weather Situations
Public Safety Canada works in collaboration with other federal departments, and provincial and
territorial governments, to strengthen national emergency preparedness, through planning and
support to training, the exercising and testing of emergency management arrangements and
plans, and sharing lessons learned from events and exercises.
These efforts, taken prior to an emergency, help support event response, contribute to
reductions in the impacts of events and help identify opportunities for future prevention and
mitigation efforts. In the event of actual severe weather, or other emergency, turn on a radio or
local television station to learn of the specific alert and take the appropriate safety measures.
Schools are required to conduct practice drills with students in case of fire or weather
emergencies. These drills ensure children get to safety in the event dangerous conditions occur
during the school day.