Environment Canada has issued a winter storm warning for Ottawa and the surrounding areas as a system moving through is expected to bring in high snowfall amounts.

A pedestrian walks through Ottawa in snow and driving wind in January 2022. Environment Canada says the first big storm of this winter could bring 15 centimetres of snow and make travel treacherous.

A winter weather travel advisory is in effect for Ottawa starting Thursday evening with five to 10 cm of snow in the forecast and the risk of reduced visibility in snow that will be heavy at times.

A file photo from a freezing rain storm in Ottawa in April 2023. Photo by Tony Caldwell / Postmedia A winter travel advisory has been announced for the Ottawa area starting on Thursday afternoon.

The heaviest storm to hit the region since 2022 dropped 31 centimetres of snow — that's just over a foot — on Ottawa by early Thursday afternoon, as the city's snow clearing crews battled to keep the ...

In Ottawa, a winter parking ban was issued Saturday for most city streets from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. The city said Saturday evening it would not need to be extended.

We’ll see a sunrise at 7:39 a.m. with a sunset at 4:22 p.m., giving Ottawa just shy of 8 hours and 43 minutes of daylight on that inaugural day of astronomical winter.

In the midst of one of most unsettled winters in decades, LIFE.com features photos of winter scenery and winter fashions in Quebec, Canada.