Transit in the city is doing better than expected given the circumstances, TTC spokesperson Stuart Green told CBC’s earlyMonday. 

He said there are fewer buses stuck than in a normal snowstorm, and streetcar and bus routes are getting around OK, with city crews prioritizing them.

Still, he said commuters who need to go out should check for delays and diversions, and

“We’re still moving,” Green said. “It’s a record-setting storm, and it's always hard to deal with these sorts of things in real time, but we’re doing our level best.”

Lewis Pialho told CBC’s Haydn Watters he’s been out shovelling for hours already just today.

He’ll soon grab a shower and a warm bite to eat, he said. And after that? Back at it.

The City of Toronto has announced the following service closures Monday:

A few years back, Toronto had a gloomy but relatively warm and snow-free winter. But the last two have featured heavy wallops of snow. 

“On average, our winters are becoming milder,” saidKent Moore, a professor of atmospheric physics at U of T Mississauga.

But sometimes, like right now, they can still be “quite hard.”

School kids aren’t the only students getting the day off Monday.

If undergrads weren’t going to skip class regardless, several university and college campuses in Toronto have cancellations due to the snow.

U of T’s St. George campus will be closed until Noon at least, with updates to come later this morning. York University has also suspended campus operations Monday. Seneca Polytechnic’s campuses are open, but in-person classes are moving online where possible. 

The OPP is reporting about , and another 150 incidents of vehicles simply getting stuck in snow banks or ditches.

Toronto police told CBC News they responded to . They recommend people use transit rather than drive if they have to go out.

OPP Sgt. Kerry Schmidt told CBC Radio’s that many roads are already better today than Sunday, but still “there’s going to be a lot of slipping and sliding this morning.”

His plea: scrape ice and snow off your vehicle to keep it from blowing around, and please turn on your lights.

Here's how the City of Toronto prioritizes snow-clearing.

First, crews will take on expressways and major arterial roads. Then they’ll do transit routes and collector roads. 

Residential streets are handled last.

“Winter maintenance operations are expected to take several days to complete,” the city said in a bulletin on Sunday afternoon.

The City of Toronto declared a “Major Snowstorm Condition and Significant Weather Event” late Sunday afternoon. Bureaucratic language aside, the declarations bring some snow-specific bylaws into effect.

Parking on roads designated as snow routes is prohibited. Here’s a map to see if your car needs to be moved.

The snow is powder-y enough that it wasn’t too bad to shovel (multiple times) on Sunday.

But that won’t be the case for everyone, so consider helping out where you can.

"Neighbours helping neighbours, that's the Toronto way," Mayor Olivia Chow said ahead of the storm.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have cancelled an open practice at Mattamy Athletic Centre this morning, encouraging fans in a statement to avoid non-essential travel in the snow.

The practice had already been rescheduled and moved from an outdoor rink in Etobicoke this weekend due to the cold snap. 

The team could have used it ahead of Sunday afternoon.

Toronto lost 4-1 to the Colorado Avalanche after an embarrassing loss to Las Vegas in Mitch Marner’s return to the city Friday. But neither the Leafs’ poor performance or the winter weather could stop fans from braving it to Scotiabank Arena Sunday.

Mississauga was one of the hardest-hit cities during Sunday’s storm.

The city said Monday morning that most of its facilities will remain closed until noon. 

There are also several disruptions on several MiWay bus routes. 

“Biggest snowstorm in many years,” Mayor Carolyn Parrish posted on X on Sunday. “Get cars out of the path of our plows!!!!”

If you need another clue it’s a good idea to stay home today, the city’s new Finch West LRT is also partially down to start Monday.

There is , though shuttle buses are running.

Line 6 has had a bumpy start, with slow route times and 350 delays in December.

To give you a sense of how much snow has piled up, here’s a picture my wife snapped last night while we were out for a walk.

That’s me in the yellow coat. I’m 6’6”. 

My name’s John Rieti, I’m the senior producer of our digital team and before that I was the city hall reporter. I’ve covered snow-clearing extensively in recent years, so it’ll be interesting to me to see how the city responds on Monday.

Now that subway lines are up and running — sort of — the TTC is flagging service disruptions on Lines 1 and 2.

: There is no service between St. Clair West and Sheppard West stations, or between Eglinton and Bloor-Yonge stations.

: Service is out between Kipling and Islington stations, and between Woodbine and Kennedy.

In all cases, shuttle buses are on the way.

Some flights appear to be making it out of Toronto on schedule this morning, though dozens of flights at both Pearson and Billy Bishop are marked online as cancelled or delayed.

More than half the flights at Pearson and Billy Bishop airports were cancelled Sunday.

On Sunday, 48 bus stops across the city were out of service to keep buses from getting stuck in heavy snow. 

Subway service on Lines 1, 2 and 6 was also partially or fully down Sunday.

While Torontonians are encouraged to stay home Monday if they can, the TTC's website lists only three service alerts this morning: streetcar delays on route 512, and service disruptions on the 509 and 511 routes.

We’re livestreaming CBC Radio’s in the player above beginning at 5:30 a.m. to bring you the latest on the storm cleanup (to get the most from this story, leave the player running and refresh for text updates.)

Expect to hear from: Toronto’s city manager, Brampton’s mayor, representatives from Pearson, the TTC and Ontario Provincial Police. 

Plus, Haydn Watters will be walking to the CBC building downtown to give us a sense of how the sidewalks are looking. 

Hi Toronto. Ethan Lang here. I’m a reporter and writer with CBC Toronto. I’ll be helping to bring you live updates from an incredibly snowy morning in the city.

Environment Canada is still forecasting a few flurries through the morning with a wind chill that’s going to make it feel like -22 . 

Those flurries are expected to stop in the afternoon, when the wind chill is expected to be closer to -15 C. Balmy.

It’ll be a day full of digging out across the Greater Toronto Area Monday after a powerful storm dropped as much as 60 cm of snow on Sunday.

We’ll have live coverage throughout the morning to get you the latest on the storm clean-up and keep you posted about any major closures.

All of the major school boards announced Sunday they would be closed on Monday.

Toronto police, meanwhile, are urging people to stay at home if they can.