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Canada is located in North America. It has ten provinces and three territories and extends from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean and northward into the Arctic Ocean, making it the world's second-largest country by total area (after Russia), along with the world's longest coastline. Its border is with the United States, and is the world's longest international land border. It is a sparsely inhabited country of just over 41 million people, with the vast majority residing south of the 55th parallel in urban areas. Canada's capital is Ottawa and its three largest metropolitan areas are Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver. The country is a Commonwealth realm and is officially bilingual in the federal jurisdiction, while French and English are its official languages. But it's one of the world's most ethnically diverse and multicultural nations, thanks to large-scale immigration. Canada's long and complex relationship with the United States has had a significant impact on its history, economy, and culture.

The 2021 Canadian census enumerated a total population of 36,991,981, an increase of around 5.2 percent over the 2016 figure. It is estimated that Canada's population surpassed 40,000,000 in 2023. The main drivers of population growth are immigration and, to a lesser extent, natural growth. About 80 percent of the population lives within 150 kilometers (93 mi) of the border with the contiguous United States. Canada sees over 80 percent of its population living in urban centers. The most densely populated part of the country, which accounts for nearly 50 percent of the population, is the Quebec City–Windsor Corridor in Southern Quebec and Southern Ontario along the Great Lakes and the St. Lawrence River.

Climate wise, because of units location on Earth, it's mainly a cold place. Average winter and summer high temperatures across Canada vary from region to region. Winters can be harsh in many parts of the country, particularly in the interior and Prairie provinces, where daily average temperatures are near −15°C (5°F), but can drop to below −40°C (−40°F) with severe wind chills. The coldest temperature ever recorded in North America happen in Canada, in Snag, Yukon, where  the temp dropped to -63° C (-81.4°F). The coldest place in Canada based on average yearly temperature is Eureka, Nunavut, where the temperature averages at −19.7°C or −3.5°F for the year. Coastal British Columbia is the country's warmest area, and normally sees a mild and rainy winter. On the east and west coasts, average high temperatures are generally in the low 20s°C (70s°F), while between the coasts, the average summer high temperature ranges from 25 to 30°C (77 to 86°F), with temperatures in some interior locations occasionally exceeding 40°C (104°F).

Snowfall wise, Canada is the second snowiest country on Earth (Japan is first). Canada's annual average total is 3.5 meters (141 inches). The highest average yearly snowfall in Canada, falls in Woody Point, Newfoundland, averaging more than 6.4 meters (21 feet or 251 inches) of snow every winter. Forest Montmorency, Quebec is a close second, with annual totals around 6.1 meters (20 feet). British Columbia’s mountains receive even higher totals. In non-coastal regions, snow can cover the ground for almost six months of the year, while in parts of the far north, snow can persist year-round, with its farthest northern regions covered by ice and permafrost. 

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- Newfoundland -

St. John's Harbour, Newfoundland, Canada
(from CBC News NL)

The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is the Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a Crown corporation that serves as the national public broadcaster, with its English-language and French-language service units known as CBC and Radio-Canada, respectively. CBC provides a complete 24-hour network schedule of news, sports, entertainment, and children's programming; in most cases, it feeds the same programming at the exact local times nationwide, except to the Newfoundland Time Zone, where programs air 30 minutes late.

- Québec -

Rue Lapointe (street), route 245 Eastman, Québec, Canada
(This cam and the next 2 below from Quebec 511)

Eastman is a resort municipality located in the Memphrémagog Regional County Municipality, nestled within the picturesque Eastern Townships of Quebec, Canada. Renowned for its rich cultural scene, natural landscapes at the foot of Mount Orford, and world-class Nordic spas, it serves as a premier wellness and outdoor destination. Its population in 2021 was 2,279, and its total area covers 77.10 km2 (29.77 sq. mi). Its mother tongue is French, as 92% of the locals speak it only. (just 4% speak English only; 1% both and 2% other languages). Annual snowfall here is 156 centimeters (61 inches).

Route 132 at Mont-Saint-Pierre, Québec, Canada

Mont-Saint-Pierre (elevation 430 meters / 1,411 feet), located in the Gaspésie region of Quebec, Canada, is a premier four-season ecotourism and free-flight destination. Nestled between the Chic-Chocs mountains and the St. Lawrence River, the village is famous for its glacial amphitheater and is internationally renowned as the capital of free flight in Eastern Canada and well known for hang-gliding and paragliding. Other activities offered: Hiking, snowshoeing, snowmobiling, ice climbing and  backcountry skiing.

Settled 1858, its population in 2021 was 186. The area features a subarctic climate strongly influenced by the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. It experiences short, mild summers, very cold, snowy winters, and consistently wet weather throughout the year. Average annual snowfall of about 330 centimeters (130 inches at lower elevations, with 400 to 800 centimeters (158 to 315 inches ) at the peaks.

Rue du Bateau-Passeur (Route 138), Tadoussac, Québec,Canada

- Ontario -

Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
(From https://www.niagarafallslive.com/)

Niagara Falls, Ontario, is a Canadian city at the famous waterfalls of the same name, linked with the U.S. by the Rainbow Bridge. Its site on the Niagara River's western shore overlooks the Horseshoe Falls, the cascades' most expansive section. Elevators take visitors to a lower, wetter vantage point behind the falls. A cliffside park features a promenade alongside 520-ft.-high Skylon Tower with an observation deck.

As of the 2021 census, the city had a population of 94,415. The city is located on the Niagara Peninsula along the western bank of the Niagara River, which forms part of the Canada–United States border, with the other side being the twin city of Niagara Falls, New York. The city sees cold winters, with a average January high of −0.4°C (31.3°F) and a low of −7.8°C (18.0°F). However, temperatures above 0°C (32.0°F) are common during winter, too. The average annual snowfall is 154 centimetres (61 inches), in which it often receives lake effect snow from both lakes Erie and Ontario. Summers are warm to hot and humid, with a July high of 27.4°C (81.3°F) and a low of 17°C (62.6°F). The average annual precipitation is 970.2 millimetres (38 inches), which is relatively evenly distributed throughout the year.

For the falls themselves, Niagara Falls (/naɪˈæɡərə/) is a group of three waterfalls at the southern end of Niagara Gorge, formed by the Niagara River, spanning the border between the province of Ontario in Canada and the state of New York in the United States. The largest of the three is Horseshoe Falls, which straddles the international border of the two countries. It is also known as the Canadian Falls.The smaller American Falls and Bridal Veil Falls lie within the United States. Bridal Veil Falls is separated from Horseshoe Falls by Goat Island and from American Falls by Luna Island, with both islands situated in New York.

The enormous energy of Niagara Falls has long been recognized as a potential source of power. The first known effort to harness the waters was in 1750, and it's still being used for this purpous today. In 1853, the Niagara Falls Hydraulic Power and Mining Company was chartered, which eventually constructed the canals that would be used to generate electricity. By 1881, the first hydroelectric generating station was built. The water fell 86 feet (26 meters) and generated direct current electricity, which ran the machinery of local mills and lit up some of the village streets.

Peace Bridge, USA and Ontario Canada
(from Peace Bridge Authority)

The Peace Bridge (its length is 1768 meters [5,800 feet]). is an international bridge over the Niagara River between Canada and the United States, located just north of the river's source at the east end of Lake Erie about 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) upriver of Niagara Falls. It connects Buffalo, New York, in the United States to Fort Erie, Ontario, in Canada. It is operated and maintained by the bi-national Buffalo and Fort Erie Public Bridge Authority. The building of the Peace Bridge was in part to recognize over 100 years of peace and prosperity between the U.S. and Canada. Its construction started in 1925 and it was completed in the spring of 1927. On March 13, 1927, the first car was driven across the bridge. Today, its the second most heavily used border crossing between the United States and Canada, with over one million trucks crossing it each year and in turn because of the traffic, delays of up to almost four hours happens at times.

There are customs plazas at both ends of the bridge, with the Canadian plaza the larger of the two. The inbound customs plaza in the United States has seven lanes for trucks and nine for cars. Pedestrians and cyclists are processed to the left of the truck inspection area. The inbound customs plaza in Canada has 14 booths/lanes for cars and a separate area for trucks. Pedestrians and cyclists are processed in an area on the right side of the inspection area for cars. Once vehicles leave the customs plaza in Canada, vehicles approach a smaller toll plaza to pay toll for using the Peace Bridge. The above cam shows Canada Bound traffic from the USA side.
 

Toronto, Ontario, Canada
(From TorontoCNTowerLive)

Cam shows panoramic view over Toronto in Canada. Toronto, the capital of the province of Ontario, is a major Canadian city along Lake Ontario’s northwestern shore. It is the most populous city in Canada and is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the fourth-most populous city in all of North America with its meto area's population at 6,202,225.

The city of Toronto has a hot summer humid continental climate with warm, humid summers and cold winters with frequent snow. Weather records go back all the way to 1840 and show that the highest temperature ever recorded in Toronto was 40.6°C (105°F) on July 8, 9 and 10, 1936, during the 1936 North American heat wave. The coldest temperature ever recorded was −32.8°C (−27°F) on January 10, 1859. The city sees 714.0 millimeters (28.1 inches) of rain a year and 121.5 centimeters (47.8 inches) of snow each winter on average. 

- Manitoba -

Arctic Tundra: Cape South, Wapusk National Park, Manitoba, Canada
(from Explore Panda and Polar Bear Cams)

Cape Churchill in Canada's Wapusk National Park, at the transition between boreal forest and arctic tundra, protects one of the largest polar bear maternity denning areas in the world! Established in 1996, the park's name comes from the Cree word for polar bear (wâpask). Besides the bears, nature lovers also watch for arctic foxes, arctic hares, wolves, caribou and wolverine as well as more than 200 bird species that call the park home. The park covers 11,475 square kilometers (4,430 sq. miles) on the lands traditionally used by the Cree, Dene, Inuit, and Red River Métis peoples.

Wapusk National Park is already being heavily affected by climate change and warming temperatures. The changing dates of sea-ice breakup, up to three weeks earlier than usual, caused by warming temperatures is leading to a decline in the conditions of polar bears who are having to come ashore earlier with less fat resources built up. This has negative impacts on reproduction in terms of litter size, cub mass, survival of dependent young, etc., and affects the overall abundance of polar bears. Tracking the numbers of polar bears is currently very important in these subarctic regions.

The Cape South area experiences a harsh, wet continental-to-subarctic climate. It is characterized by very cold, strong winds, and rapid temperature shifts. Extreme subarctic cold takes place from November to May, with average highs in November—peak polar bear season, near -12°C (10°F), while deep winter months often plunge to -30°C or below (-22°F). Just two seasons here, and in the short summer season, which runs from June to August, temperature average highs range from 12°C (54°F) to slightly higher, but temps can occasionally spike to hot readings too, as high as 35°C (95°F) but, even in summer, they will rapidly plunge by 20 plus degrees in less than an hour when a summer cold front hits. Average annual snowfall is approximately 229 centimeters (90 inches). Yes, other areas in this part of Canada see a lot more, with most of the snow here falling before Hudson Bay freezes over. But still, the area's snowpack lasts for well over half the year, generally lasting from late September to May (although now, because of climate change, its been starting up in mid, to even late October).

Wapusk National Park does not receive many visitors at all, as the only way to access the park is through helicopter overflights or over snow into the denning area in the spring. The number of visitors from 2024 to '25 was 78, and that included park staff. Visitors are actually not wanted here, as there is concern as tundra ecosystems are extremely sensitive to impacts, specifically, human trampling of tundra vegetation. The overmajority of park users are scientists, students, and park staff. Because of this, the park is the forth least-visited national park in Canada - and arguably one of the least-visited the world. But there are some remote, completely inaccessible parks or protected areas in the Arctic and Antarctica that will see zero visitors in some years.

- Saskatchewan -

Bison Calving - Grasslands National Park, Saskatchewan, Canada
(from Explore Bears & Bison)

Grasslands National Park is located on the Southern Saskatchewan prairie landscape. Evidence of those who came before us is at your feet. Dinosaur fossils, the mass extinction boundary, hearth sites, tipi rings, bison drive lanes, and cellar depressions are set among today’s living prairie. The west block of Canada's Grasslands National Park is a great spot to see bison all year round, including when they calve in the spring months.

The Park receives a total of about 305 to 356 millimeters (12–14 inches) of annual precipitation. Approximately one-third of this moisture falls as snow, translating to an average annual snowfall of roughly 100 to 115 centimeters (40–45 inches).

- Alberta -

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

(from DELTATECH)

Calgary (/ˈkælɡriː/ KAL-gree) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Alberta. It is the largest metro area within the three prairie provinces. As of 2021, the city proper had a population of 1,306,784 and a metropolitan population of 1,481,806, making it the third-largest city and fifth-largest metropolitan area in Canada.  Calgary is situated at the confluence of the Bow River and the Elbow River in the southwest of the province, in the area between the Rocky Mountain Foothills and the Canadian Prairies, about 80 km (50 mi) east of the front ranges of the Canadian Rockies, roughly 299 km (186 mi) south of the provincial capital of Edmonton and approximately 240 km (150 mi) north of the Canada–United States border.

Winters are cold in Calgary, as the air temperature drops to or below −20°C (−4°F) on average, but temps are also frequently broken up by warm, dry chinook winds that blow into Alberta over the mountains. These winds can raise the winter temperature by 20°C (36°F) in just a very short timespare. In summer, daytime temperatures range from 10 to 25°C (50 to 77°F) and exceed 30°C (86°F) an average of 5.1 days in June, July, and August, and occasionally as late as September or as early as May, and in winter drop below or at −30°C (−22°F) on 3.7 days of the year. Precip wise, the city receives an average of 418.8 millimeters (16.49 inches) of precipitation annually, with 326.4 mm (12.85 in) of that occurring in the form of rain, and 128.8 centimeter (50.7 inch) as snow. The most rainfall occurs in June and the most snowfall in March. Calgary has also recorded snow every month of the year.

 Hwy 6 (East side of HWY), Pincher Creek, Alberta, Canada
(from Windy.com)

Pincher Creek (elevation 1,130 meters (3,710 feet) is a town in southern Alberta, Canada. It is located immediately east of the Canadian Rockies, 101 kilometer (63 miles) west of Lethbridge and 210 kilometer (130 miles) south of Calgary. It's population as of 2021 was 3,622. It's total land area is 9.87 km2 (3.81 sq mi).

Rock Isle Lake, Banff National Park, Banff Sunshine Village, Alberta, Canada
(from Banff Sunshine Village)

This viewpoint near the top of the Standish Express chairlift overlooks Rock Isle, Laryx and Grizzly Lakes with a vista towards the distant Mount Assiniboine. Banff Sunshine Village is a ski resort in western Canada, located on the Continental Divide of the Canadian Rockies within Banff National Park in Alberta and Mount Assiniboine Provincial Park in British Columbia. It is one of three major ski resorts located in the Banff National Park.

Banff National Park is the most visited Alberta tourist destination and one of the most visited national parks in North America, with more than three million tourists annually. It is Canada's first national park, established in 1885 as Rocky Mountains Park. Located in Alberta's Rocky Mountains, 110–180 kilometers (68–112 miles) west of Calgary, Banff encompasses 6,641 square kilometers (2,564 sq. mi) of mountainous terrain, with many glaciers and ice fields, dense coniferous forest, and alpine landscapes.

The park has a subarctic climate with cold, snowy winters, and mild summers. Located on the eastern side of the Continental Divide, Banff National Park receives 454.0 millimeters (17.87 inches) of precipitation annually. A couple of average season snow amounts around the park are: 183.8 centimeters (72.4 inches) of snow in the Banff townsite, at 1,382.9 meters (4,537 feet), while 279.1 centimeters (109.9 inches) falls in Lake Louise, which is at a higher altitude of 1,524 meters (5,000 feet). Temperature stats from Banff are: Highest ever temp was 37.8°C (100.0°F) set in June; Coldest ever temp was −51.2°C (−60.2°F) reached in January.

View of Three Sisters, Alberta, Canada