Hundreds of thousands of people remained without power and schools were closed in some areas on Monday morning after many Ontario locales were hit by freezing rainstorms over the weekend.
Enivroment Canada said Quebec, New Brunswick and parts of northern Nova Scotia’s mainland and Prince Edward Island were under freezing rain warnings on Monday morning.
According to Hydro One’s power outage map as of Monday morning, there were still widespread power outages in a stretch of the province extending from Grey-Bruce to the Quebec border that the company services. More than 390,000 homes and businesses are without power.
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Hydro One estimated that some of the areas may not see power restored until Tuesday or Wednesday. Many major cities are not serviced by the company.
“It’s all hands-on deck as crews continue to work alongside our contractors to restore power to customers,” it said on its website.
“Crews have restored power to more than 358,000 customers since the start of the storm. We anticipate it will take several days to restore all customers.”
Alectra Utilities’, which services Barrie, said that there were still 18,000 people without power in the city.
In addition, several school boards kept classrooms shuttered on Monday including the Simcoe Muskoka Catholic District School Board, Kawartha Pine Ridge District School Board, Peterborough Victoria Northumberland and Clarington Catholic District School Board.
On Sunday, several municipalities declared states of emergency including Peterborough, Orillia and Brock.
“On Sunday, March 30, 2025, the City declared a state of emergency to support recovery efforts related to the ice storm,” a note on Peterborough’s website read. “Ice accumulation is knocking down power lines, trees and tree limbs, causing power outages and unsafe conditions.”
— with files from The Canadian Press
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