Greater Toronto Area digging out after storm dumps 60 cm of snow

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 no service between Finch West and Humber College stations, 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.

On Line 1: There is no service between St. Clair West and Sheppard West stations, or between Eglinton and Bloor-Yonge stations.

On Line 2: 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 Metro Morning 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.

To start, the snowfall isn't over.

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.