A powerful Toronto snowstorm dumped record-breaking snowfall across the GTA over the weekend, forcing city crews and emergency services into full response mode as plows, parking bans and cleanup efforts worked to dig the city out.

The city says it’s providing a heads up in advance of snow removal operations, typically 24 to 48 hours, with temporary orange “No Parking – Snow Removal” signs in snowbanks and, in some cases, with city staff knocking on doors. If snow removal is coming to your street, all vehicles should be cleared of snow and moved.

TORONTO — Susan Cook was holding a shovel in her hands and carving out the edges of a snowbank by her driveway in Toronto's east end on Friday afternoon.

Toronto’s mayor was ruthlessly roasted online Monday after she confused meters with centimeters — making it sound like the city was wiped off the map — when discussing the historic snowstorm that battered it.

According to Toronto Wildlife Centre, a swan got trapped in a parking lot on Sunday, surrounded by snow that was too deep to allow him to properly stand or fly away. In desperation, he tried to escape the snow by “swimming” through it, paddling around the mounds of snow.

A major winter storm brewing south of the border could bring between 20 to 30 cm of snow to Toronto this weekend.

Toronto Pearson Airport recorded 46 centimetres of snow on Sunday — the highest daily snowfall there on record. But it's still not as bad as 1999, the year Toronto called in the military for help.

A slew of small businesses in Toronto are airing their grievances with the City of Toronto's snow removal route practices following Jan. 25th's

A tall man filmed the moment he struggled to make his way through thick snow in Toronto, Canada, on Sunday, January 25, after a major snowstorm swept through the region.Footage shared with Storyful by Jeewanjot Gill shows him trudging through the piled up snow in his backyard.

Due to heavy snowfall in Canada, Jessie J canceled her concert in Toronto at short notice. On Instagram, the singer explained that her fans' safety comes first.

A historic winter storm buried Toronto in over a half-metre of snow on Sunday, Jan. 25, and just about everything in the city has shut down on