Southern Ontario under cold warnings with frigid wind chill around -30 C
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Environment Canada is warning people in parts of southern Ontario about wind chills that could feel like -30 C in some areas.
The cold warnings cover parts of southwestern, central and eastern Ontario, including the Greater Toronto Area.
A cold warning issued for Ottawa early Friday morning has since been lifted.
Environment Canada has warned of frostbite, which can develop within minutes on exposed skin and cause numbness, a tingling sensation or swelling.
The cold weather didn’t stop people in Ottawa from taking part in Winterlude activities on Friday, with both residents and visitors bundling up to skate on the Rideau Canal, view ice sculptures near city hall and eat BeaverTails, the famous dough pastries.
The festival, held in Ottawa and Gatineau, Que., every February, typically brings in more than 500,000 visitors.
Paul and Alanna Doucette made the most of their kids’ day off school to go skating together on the canal.
“It feels like the millionth day of January so it’s an excuse to get out and have some fun,” Alanna said.
Erin Taylor, who lives in Aurora, Ont., was visiting Ottawa with her daughter, Signy Nguyen, on Friday.
“We’re here for a hockey tournament and decided to take part in Winterlude, we lucked out,” said Taylor, who hadn’t visited Ottawa for about a decade.
In Toronto, the deep freeze came as the city was still digging out from a record-breaking weekend storm that dumped more than 50 centimetres of snow in some neighbourhoods.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 30, 2026.
–with files from Catherine Morrison in Ottawa