Heavy snowfall was also recorded in eastern Ontario and northern New Brunswick as well as parts of the Northeastern United States.

The storm itself was responsible for the deaths of 17 people in Montreal (30 province-wide) along with numerous other injuries directly and indirectly attributed to the blizzard.

[1] The heavy snow was accompanied by damaging wind gusts of near hurricane-force, which created snowdrifts of up to two stories high in some places.

Bus service was stopped: snowmobiles and the Montreal Metro were the easiest transportation options possible throughout the city, while bridges and roads were completely shut down.

It took at least 36 hours to clean up the worst of the storm and to resume regular traffic although snow clearing operations lasted for several days.

Businesses also sustained window damage some due to flying debris particularly in the Limoilou area of Quebec City.