Overview
- Outages peaked at about 209,795 customers Thursday morning and dropped to roughly 110,000 by early afternoon, with Montérégie hardest hit at about 42,000 still without electricity.
- Intense freezing rain forced a shutdown of REM service between Brossard and Central Station; crews manually de‑iced 15 kilometres of overhead lines and began a gradual restart just before 9 a.m., with shuttle buses and limited service intervals planned.
- Environment Canada lifted freezing‑rain warnings for southwestern Quebec and reported preliminary ice totals of 20–30 mm in Outaouais, about 20 mm in Montreal, 15–20 mm in the Laurentians, and 10–15 mm in Quebec City.
- More than a third of flights at Montréal‑Trudeau were cancelled Wednesday, but airports reported largely normal operations Thursday as storm impacts eased.
- Some schools remained closed for a second day, including the Lester B. Pearson School Board, as parts of the province dealt with lingering power and travel issues after flooding in Toronto and mixed precipitation across Quebec.