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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.