Quebec snowstorm forces mass school closures

Quebec and the Maritimes are being hit by a major snowstorm on the last official day of winter, and hundreds of thousands of students are enjoying a snow day as a result.

In Quebec alone, more than 50 schools are shutting down for the day.

Residents in the Montreal region and the southwestern Quebec are expected to see up to 15 centimetres of snow on Tuesday — the last day of winter for 2013.

Between 20 and 25 centimetres could fall over higher terrain in Laurentians and Eastern Townships of Quebec.

The storm is expected to hit the Maritimes overnight, bringing a mix of snow, rain and ice pellets as the temperature changes, creating a messy situation for the commute to work Wednesday morning.

Yarmouth is expected to be the first target. Then the system is expected to track across Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island, leaving behind 15 to 20 centimeters of snow in most areas.

The region is supposed to be hit again on Friday morning with another blast of snow heading into the weekend, said CBC meteorologist Peter Coade.

The City of Montreal encouraged Montrealers to take public transit and said crews are working hard to clear the streets and sidewalks.

In the Maritimes, between 10 and 15 centimetres are expected to fall in Fredericton, Halifax and Charlottetown starting tonight and extending into Wednesday morning. (CBC)

By early Tuesday morning, the city said it had sent out 1,000 machines to clean up the 2.5 centimetres of snow that had accumulated so far.

City of Montreal spokesman Jacques-Alain Lavallée said workers are making bus stops, metro entrances, hospitals and schools a priority.

He said the snow removal operation will depend on the weather over the next few days.

"If the forecast calls for milder temperatures, we will have to assess whether all this is going to melt away, or whether we need to remove it as quickly as possible."

On average, a 20-centimetre snowfall is cleared from the city's streets within four days.

The city says the Montreal region has received 243 centimetres of snow over the course of the 2012-2013 winter, which is 17 per cent more than the average for the past 30 years.

While Quebecers wait out the storm, many students in the province will enjoying a day off from classes.

School board closures:

• Riverside School Board (all schools and centres).

• New Frontiers School Board (all centers and offices - and no bus service to off-territory schools).

• Grandes-Seigneuries school board.

• Hautes-Rivières school board.

• Trois-Lacs school board.

• Eastern Township school board (all schools and centres).

• Lester B. Pearson School Board (all schools, daycares and centres).

• Des Samares School Board in Lanaudière.

• Vallée-des-Tisserands school board.

Individual school closures:

Montreal region:

• Akiva school in Westmount.

• Centre académique Fournier (primary and secondary).

• École Bilingue de Montreal Ouest.

• Centennial Academy.

• Centre François-Michelle (primary and secondaries).

• École Al-Houda.

• Miss Edgar's & Miss Cramp's School.

• Centre d'intégration scolaire (primary and secondary).

• Kells Academy in NDG.

• Lower Canada College in NDG.

• Centre pédagogique Lucien-Guilbault (primary and secondary).

• Collège Charlemagne (preschool, primary and secondary).

• École au Jardin-Bleu (preschool and primary).

• Emmanuel Christian School (preschool, primary and secondary).

• École Montessori intern. (Montréal campus for preschool and primary).

• Montreal Oral School for the Deaf.

• École Peter Hall – Côte-Vertu and Ouimet campuses (preschool, primary and secondary).

• The Priory School.

• The Sacred Heart School of Montreal.

• St. Georges School of Montreal (both campuses).

• The Study (preshool, primary and secondary).

• Summit School in Saint-Laurent.

• Trafalgar School.

• Vanguard school (Westmount, Laval and Saint-Laurent campuses).

• West Island College.

Laurentians:

• CS Sir-Wilfrid-Laurier is partially closed.

• Arundel Elementary School.

• Grenville Elementary School.

• Laurentia Elementary School.

• Laurentian Elementary School.

• Laurentian Regional High School.

• Morin Heights Elementary School.

• Mountainview High School.

• Sainte-Adèle Elementary School.

• Sainte-Agathe Academy.

CEGEPs:

• Centennial College.

• John Abbott College.

• Collège de Valleyfield.

Other regions:

• Académie Antoine Manseau in Joliette.

• Ste Adele Elementary.

• Ste Agathe Academy.

• Arundel Elementary.

• Académie chrétienne Rive-Nord in Laval.

• Le Collège Champagneur in Rawdon.

• CDC Lachute.

• Éco-lita Trilingue school.

• Collège Esther Blondin in St-Jacques.

• Faith Christian Academy.

• Grenville Elementary.

• International School in Greenfield Park.

• Joliette Elementary.

• Joliette High School.

• Kahnawake Survival School.

• Kahnawake Elementary.

• Kateri School.

• Kuper Academy in Kirkland.

• Morin Heights Elementary.

• École Les Mélèzes in Joliette.

• Mountain View High School.

• Académie des pompiers in Mirabel.

• Peter Hall School (both campuses).

• Rawdon Elementary.

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