While You Were Parked · Monday, October 26, 2026
Quiet Monday. Frost and fog lift into a clear day — the Coquihalla work zones are the only score.
Monday, October 26, 2026 — overnight Oct 25 into Oct 26, checked before dawn, Edmonton time.
Edition No. 7. Weather Navigation notes Alberta closures are not yet imported on its own page and 511 Alberta carries them; no closure was shown on the corridor reads used here. Stale exclusions: search-cache items for a 401 Brimley Road collision and older 401 tanker and Pickering closures were not in the live Oct 26 morning read and were not used; an April Jasper rock-slide item and undated QEII crash pages are not overnight items and were not used. Nothing here is padded.
Alberta — Highway 2 (QEII)
QEII: mostly dry with ice in places — minus 2 tonight at both ends
Monday dawns mostly dry with ice in places on the QEII. The 5:10 a.m. corridor read showed Highway 2 lowest minus 8°C with winds to 17 km/h, and no Environment Canada warnings in force as of that check. At 5:00 a.m. Edmonton Blatchford read minus 2.6°C with a south wind at 5 km/h, and Calgary International read minus 4.1°C with a south-southeast wind at 12 km/h. Environment Canada calls for a sunny day in Edmonton (high plus 6, morning wind chill minus 12) and a mainly cloudy day in Calgary with fog patches dissipating in the morning (high plus 5, morning wind chill minus 13). Tonight both cities fall to minus 2 with wind chill minus 6 — cold, but below every scoring threshold.
Alberta — Highway 16 (Yellowhead)
Yellowhead: mostly dry with ice in places, Jasper wind chill minus 10 tonight
The Yellowhead is also mostly dry with ice in places this morning — the 5:10 a.m. corridor read showed Highway 16 lowest minus 8°C with winds to 17 km/h, and no Environment Canada warnings in force as of that check. At the Jasper end, the 5:00 a.m. reading was minus 7.7°C with a southwest wind at 3 km/h. Environment Canada's Jasper forecast calls for a mainly sunny day, high plus 5 with morning wind chill minus 11, and tonight a few clouds, low minus 7 and wind chill minus 10 overnight. Snow begins early Tuesday afternoon at Jasper. No closures or restrictions were shown on the corridor read.
Source: Environment Canada (Jasper direct) + Weather Navigation road report (presenting 511 Alberta data)
British Columbia — Highway 5 (Coquihalla)
Coquihalla open — two work zones in effect to Oct 31, winter conditions at the summit
Highway 5 between Hope and Kamloops stayed open to through traffic overnight with no incidents reported, checked at 4:00 a.m. PDT. Two work zones remain in effect until Oct 31, and winter conditions are reported at the summit. Drive times are running near typical — 1 hour 55 minutes southbound against a typical 1 hour 51 minutes, and 1 hour 53 minutes northbound against a typical 1 hour 51 minutes. M+S or 3-peak-mountain-snowflake tires are required on the route from Oct 1 to Apr 30. Environment Canada's Merritt forecast (issued Sunday 4:00 p.m. PDT) calls for a mix of sun and cloud on Monday, high 10, and Monday night partly cloudy with a low of minus 2 and wind chill minus 4. No chain-up requirement is posted.
Source: Is The Coquihalla Open (polling DriveBC's Open511 feed) + Environment Canada (Merritt direct) · Read next: Best tire chains for semi trucks in Canada
Ontario — Highway 401 (Windsor–Toronto–Kingston)
401: mainline open — one disabled vehicle at Milton, frost tonight in Toronto
The 401 mainline is open through Toronto this morning. The live traffic read at 7:19 a.m. EDT showed one 401 item: a disabled vehicle eastbound at James Snow Parkway in Milton, with one right lane and the right shoulder closed, reported about 30 minutes earlier — lane-level, not a corridor closure. The other listed 401 item is a daily-construction on-ramp closure at Port Union Road in Toronto, in place since Sep 25 and rated as a work zone with the highway staying green. Environment Canada's Toronto-area forecast calls for increasing cloudiness today, high 16, and tonight clearing with a low of plus 1 and frost. At 7:00 a.m. Toronto Pearson read 10.2°C with a west wind at 12 km/h. No EC alerts are shown for the corridor.
Alberta + BC — week ahead (Environment Canada forecasts)
Week ahead: Monday is the clear day — snow returns Wednesday across Alberta
The mild break is Monday: sunny and high 6 in Edmonton, mainly cloudy and high 5 in Calgary, mainly sunny and high 5 at Jasper, a mix of sun and cloud and high 10 at Merritt, and increasing cloudiness and high 16 in the Toronto area. Then the turn: snow begins early Tuesday afternoon at Jasper, and Wednesday brings periods of snow in Edmonton (high minus 1, night low minus 4), snow in Calgary (high zero, night low minus 6), and a 60 percent chance of flurries at Jasper (high minus 3). Merritt follows with flurries or rain showers Wednesday and periods of snow Thursday. The message for drivers staging loads this week: Monday is the clear travel day, Wednesday is the one to watch.
Source: Environment Canada (Edmonton + Calgary + Jasper + Merritt + Toronto-area direct) · Read next: Winter emergency gear for truck drivers
Bottom line for drivers
Alberta is mostly dry with ice in places, the Coquihalla is open with two work zones, and the 401 mainline is open. Monday is the clear day — snow returns Wednesday across Alberta, so check 511 and Environment Canada before rolling.
Deeper on winter itself: the winter gear hub — heat, freeze, traction, sleep — and the free Winter Cab Checklist.
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Compiled before dawn from Environment Canada alerts, 511 Alberta, DriveBC, and the outlets linked on each item. Conditions change faster than any roundup — check your provincial 511 before you roll.