Mild dawn, wind building — gusts to 90 overnight, Coq holds one paving zone.

Alberta — Highway 2 (QEII)

QEII: mostly dry, ice in places — Edmonton at minus 0.7, Calgary at 5.0, wind builds overnight

The 6:00 a.m. CST corridor read shows Highway 2 mostly dry with ice in places, lowest minus 3 degrees near Calgary, winds to 31 km/h near Fort Macleod. At 6:00 a.m. Edmonton Blatchford read minus 0.7 degrees with a southwest wind at 3 km/h, and Calgary International read 5.0 degrees, mainly clear, with a south-southeast wind at 6 km/h. Environment Canada calls for a mix of sun and cloud in Edmonton, high 13 with winds gusting to 40 this morning, and tonight a few clouds, low 6, with winds becoming west 50 gusting to 80 overnight. Calgary gets mainly sunny, high 13 with southwest winds gusting to 50, and tonight a few clouds, low 8, with winds becoming west 70 gusting to 90 near midnight. No Environment Canada warnings are in force as of the 6:00 a.m. check.

Source: Environment Canada (Edmonton + Calgary direct) + Weather Navigation road report (presenting 511 Alberta data) · Read next: Winter emergency gear for truck drivers

Alberta — Highway 16 (Yellowhead)

Yellowhead: back to mostly dry, ice in places — Jasper at plus 5.9, plus 2 tonight

The 6:00 a.m. CST corridor read shows Highway 16 mostly dry with ice in places, lowest minus 3 degrees, winds to 23 km/h — a step better than yesterday's mostly ice. At 6:00 a.m. Jasper Warden Station read 5.9 degrees with a south wind at 10 km/h — well above freezing after yesterday's plus 2.7 dawn. Environment Canada calls for a mix of sun and cloud at Jasper, high 11 with a 30 percent chance of showers this morning and early this afternoon, and tonight a few showers ending before morning, low plus 2, with 2 cm of snowfall over sections of the Icefields Parkway. No closures or restrictions were shown on the corridor read, and no Environment Canada warnings are in force as of the 6:00 a.m. check. The Icefields Parkway snow-tire or chain rule is in force since Nov 1 through Mar 31 under the Parks Canada rule.

Source: Environment Canada (Jasper direct) + Weather Navigation road report (presenting 511 Alberta data) · Read next: Best tire chains for semi trucks in Canada

British Columbia — Highway 5 (Coquihalla)

Coquihalla open — one paving zone left, summit ice, wind statement at the Kamloops end

Highway 5 between Hope and Kamloops stayed open to through traffic overnight with no incidents reported, last DriveBC poll 5:00 a.m. PDT, and no full closures reported as of 5:16 a.m. MST. One paving operation still holds lane closures in both directions, Box Canyon Chain-Up to Zopkios Brake Check; the second paving zone from yesterday, Coquihalla Lakes Road to Larson Hill, is gone from today's report. At the summit the surface is ice, air minus 2 degrees with the road surface estimated at minus 3, winds to 7 km/h. At 5:00 a.m. PDT Merritt read 7.4 degrees with an east-northeast wind at 4 km/h. Environment Canada's Merritt forecast calls for mainly cloudy today with a 30 percent chance of showers late this morning and this afternoon, high 13 with southwest winds gusting to 60, and tonight partly cloudy, low 6. A special weather statement is in force for the South Thompson at the corridor's Kamloops end: moderate to strong gusty winds, now till Friday evening, with gusts of 60 to 80 km/h and the strongest winds expected near Cache Creek. M+S or 3-peak-mountain-snowflake tires are required on the route from Oct 1 to Apr 30. No chain-up requirement is posted.

Source: Is The Coquihalla Open (polling DriveBC's Open511 feed) + Weather Navigation summit page (presenting DriveBC data) + Environment Canada (Merritt direct) · Read next: Best tire chains for semi trucks in Canada

Ontario — Highway 401 (Windsor–Toronto–Kingston)

401: clear this morning — yesterday's ramp collision cleared, one lane-level crash on the 400

The morning Toronto read shows no major incident or full closure on any of Toronto's 9 major highways — 1 is slow or has lanes closed, and 8 are clear. The one active incident sits on the 400, not the 401: a collision on the Highway 400 northbound collector ramp at Highway 7 in Vaughan has 2 right lanes closed, rated moderate and reported about 25 minutes before the read. Yesterday's collision on the 404 HOV ramp at the 401 interchange is gone from the incident list, and the police investigation at Westney Road in Ajax is cleared too. At 7:00 a.m. EST Toronto Pearson read 10.5 degrees in light rain, with a west-southwest wind at 10 km/h. Environment Canada's Toronto-area forecast calls for a few showers ending late this morning then cloudy, temperature steady near 13, and tonight cloudy with a 60 percent chance of showers, low plus 3. No Environment Canada alerts are shown for the corridor.

Source: routeoutlook.com (live traffic aggregator, presenting Ontario 511 data) + Environment Canada (Toronto-area)

Ontario / Quebec — Ottawa–Gatineau (Chaudière Crossing)

Chaudière Crossing: overnight closures continue to Nov 7 — trucks detour to the Macdonald-Cartier Bridge

The Chaudière Crossing between Ottawa and Gatineau stays fully closed to motorists overnight, 8 p.m. to 5 a.m., each night from Wednesday Oct 28 through Saturday Nov 7, for rehabilitation work under the Southern Structures Renewal Project. Motorists detour via the Portage Bridge, and heavy trucks are directed to the Macdonald-Cartier Bridge. Local traffic is permitted between Alexandre-Taché Boulevard and Zaida Eddy Private. The crossing is also closed to pedestrians and cyclists during the overnight closures, with a signed detour via Chaudière Private and the Ottawa River Pathway. The schedule may change depending on weather conditions.

Source: Public Services and Procurement Canada public notice (via Cantech Letter, Oct 26, 2026)

Alberta + BC + Ontario — week ahead (Environment Canada forecasts)

Week ahead: mild stretch holds, wind builds tonight — gusts to 90 near Calgary

The mild stretch holds — and the wind is the story tonight. Environment Canada calls for mainly sunny conditions Friday — Edmonton 13, Calgary 13 — then mainly sunny Saturday, Edmonton 11 and Calgary 13, and Calgary stays sunny Sunday at 14. Two corrections from yesterday's forecast: Calgary runs a degree cooler Friday than forecast (13 against 14), while Calgary's Sunday warms to 14 against the 13 forecast, and Toronto warms too — showers ending Saturday at 11 and cloudy Sunday at 10, against 10 and 9 forecast yesterday. Jasper turns wet today as forecast — showers, snow level 1,600 metres, 2 cm over sections of the Icefields Parkway tonight — then dries Saturday at 9. Merritt runs as forecast — mainly cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers, high 13 — with showers arriving Saturday instead: cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers in the morning, high 14. Toronto stays the mild end at first — showers ending today, steady near 13 — then cloudy with showers tonight, low plus 3.

Source: Environment Canada (Edmonton + Calgary + Jasper + Merritt + Toronto-area direct) · Read next: Winter emergency gear for truck drivers

Bottom line for drivers

No corridor is closed. The Coquihalla holds one paving zone with lane closures both ways and a wind statement at its Kamloops end, the 401 is clear after yesterday's ramp collision, and strong winds build overnight — gusts to 90 near Calgary — so check 511 and Environment Canada before rolling, and give the ice room.

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