Darren Kraemer and his 2-year-old son Theodore shovel the snow after a major snow storm hit Toronto, Dec. 27 2012.Fernando Morales/The Globe and Mail
A snow removal vehicle clears a road near Montreal Thursday, Dec. 27, 2012.Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press
A group of kids make their way up a small hill during a snow storm in Ottawa on Dec. 27, 2012.Dave Chan/The Globe and Mail
Christopher Vincent uses a snow blower to clean the sidewalk of his home on Lauder Ave., after a major snow storm hit Toronto, Dec. 27, 2012.Fernando Morales/The Globe and Mail
A group of runners jog along the Rideau Canal during a snow storm in Ottawa on Dec. 27, 2012.Dave Chan/The Globe and Mail
Jennifer Bitz and her husband Geordie Davis ski along Bank Street during a snow storm in Ottawa on Dec. 27, 2012.Dave Chan/The Globe and Mail
A man blows the snow from the steps of Notre-Dame Basilica in Old Montreal on Dec. 27, 2012.Alexander Panetta/The Canadian Press
A woman walks with her child in past Notre-Dame Basilica in Old Montreal on Dec. 27, 2012.Alexander Panetta/The Canadian Press
Statues of soldiers at the National War Memorial are laden with snow as the second snow storm in seven days hits Ottawa dumping 25 centimeters on Thursday December 27, 2012.FRED CHARTRAND/The Canadian Press
The Secret Bench, a sculpture of a boy and a girl on a bench, is covered in snow, in front of the National Archives building in Ottawa on Dec. 27, 2012.FRED CHARTRAND/The Canadian Press
Two bystanders help a Montreal ambulance driver get his stuck vehicle out of a snow bank in Montreal on Dec. 27, 2012.Francois Havill/The Canadian Press