PHOTOS: Burst of October snow falls over major Canadian cities
The first widespread snow of the season has come to Alberta. Here's a look at some of the wintry weather that locals have been posting online
It may not even be Halloween yet, but it's beginning to look a lot like December for parts of Alberta as autumn snow descended over much of the province on Friday.
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A strong low-pressure system developed across the American Rockies and pushed across the Prairies, colliding with a cold, moist airmass coming from Northern Canada. This resulted in a rapid temperature plunge, as well as gusty wind and widespread snow to all three provinces in the region.
While a widespread 3-5 cm was forecast along the QE2 from Edmonton to the United States border, northern regions of the Prairies saw their first major snow event of the season. In fact, Environment and Climate Change Canada issued snowfall warnings acorss northeastern Alberta and northern Saskatchewan, as well as winter storm warnings across northern Manitoba.
Locales at higher elevation, near the Rockies, were also in for slightly higher snow totals.
See below for photos and videos posted onto social media of the snowy landscape many Albertans woke up to on Friday.
Aerial view of a snowy Calgary neighbourhood on Oct. 23, 2026 (Connor O'Donovan/TWN)
Snow-covered parking sign in Calgary, Alta., on Oct. 23, 2026 (Connor O'Donovan/TWN)
Snow-covered parking sign in Calgary, Alta., on Oct. 23, 2026 (Connor O'Donovan/TWN)