The table is Ottawa (City) in Environment and Climate Change Canada's 1991–2020 normals, elevation 79.2 metres. It is the capital composite, not an average of Canada. Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Calgary, and Banff are separate stations. A winter low in Ottawa is not a winter low in Vancouver.

Plugs, voltage, and the side of the road are cited from national pages and repeated on the city sheets. Tipping is not national in the sources we opened. Tourisme Montréal publishes 15% before tax. Tourism Calgary publishes about 15–20% before tax. Toronto, Vancouver, and Banff do not have a figure on this site until their own tourism offices are cited. We do not average the two that exist.

Month by month

The highest average daily high is 26.7°C in July. The lowest average daily low is -14.0°C in January. The wettest month in the water column is June at 95.1 mm, and the lightest is February at 17.0 mm. These sentences only restate the table. They are not a ranking of the best month to go.

Reference station: Ottawa (City). The capital composite, not a Canadian average. Averages for 1991-2020. Elevation: 79.2 m. The rule runs from that month’s average low to its average high, on this station’s own scale. The black bar under the water figure is that month against the wettest month here.
Month	High °C	Low °C	Rainfall (mm)	Precipitation (mm)
January	-5.2	-14.0	27.0	65.2
February	-3.3	-12.9	17.0	52.4
March	2.5	-6.9	32.5	61.6
April	11.2	1.1	72.2	81.3
May	19.4	8.0	80.0	80.1
June	24.2	13.3	95.1	95.1
July	26.7	15.8	92.3	92.3
August	25.6	14.6	87.4	87.4
September	21.1	10.1	87.0	87.0
October	13.3	4.1	88.6	90.2
November	5.8	-1.8	57.1	72.0
December	-1.5	-8.7	35.3	73.6

Environment and Climate Change Canada 1991–2020 climate normals for this composite station. Rainfall is the rainfall element. Precipitation, which includes the water equivalent of snow, is the second water column. Quality codes: maximum temperature A, rainfall A, precipitation A. Source: ECCC Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020, OTTAWA (CITY). As of 2026-11-14.

The facts, in sentences

Plugs and voltage

The IEC world-plugs list shows Canada at 120 volts and 60 hertz, with plug type A and B.

IEC World Plugs. As of 14 November 2026.

Driving side

The Government of Canada's settling-in page says you must drive on the right-hand side of the road. It also says traffic laws are generally similar across the country and that some rules vary by province or territory.

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada, Driving in Canada. As of 14 November 2026.

Tap water

CDC's traveler page for Canada, last reviewed 8 October 2026, does not say whether tap water is safe or unsafe. It says food and water standards vary by destination and by what you are doing, and it points readers to CDC's food and water precautions. This page does not turn that into medical advice.

CDC Travelers' Health, Canada. As of 14 November 2026.

Currency

ISO 4217 lists the currency name Canadian Dollar and the code CAD for Canada.

ISO 4217 currency list (SIX). As of 14 November 2026.

Time zone

IANA's zone1970.tab gives Canada more than one zone. The city sheets name the zone whose comment covers that place: America/Toronto for Ontario and Quebec (most areas), America/Vancouver for British Columbia (most areas), and America/Edmonton for Alberta. The file's comment column also prints time abbreviations that do not match the usual standard-time names of those zones, so those abbreviations are not repeated here. The zone name is.

IANA tzdb zone1970.tab. As of 14 November 2026.

Entry requirements

IRCC's own check for a visa or an eTA. We do not restate the result. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada: Official entry requirements. Checked 14 November 2026. We do not rewrite the rule.

The other stations

Toronto, TORONTO (CITY): highest average high 27.0°C in July; heaviest water-column month June at 81.6 mm.
Vancouver, VANCOUVER (HARBOUR): highest average high 23.0°C in July and August; heaviest water-column month November at 245.2 mm.
Montreal, MONTREAL TRUDEAU (AIRPORT): highest average high 26.7°C in July; heaviest water-column month October at 101.6 mm.
Calgary, CALGARY (AIRPORT): highest average high 23.5°C in July; heaviest water-column month June at 112.5 mm.
Banff, BANFF: highest average high 22.5°C in July; heaviest water-column month June at 72.5 mm.

Hotels, tours, and a plug

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