As record-high Christmas Eve temperatures were being set in many locations across Ontario and Quebec, hydro crews were forced into action to try to restore power to tens of thousands of residents of both provinces.
Nearly 140,000 people in Ontario and 80,000 in Quebec were affected by the outages caused by high winds that brought down power lines.
And authorities said there were no guarantees that power would be back on Christmas and Boxing Day for many homes on what remains a snowless Christmas.
Christmas Eve saw the temperature in Toronto rise to 15 degrees. Ottawa and Montreal reached 16.
Christmas Day forecasts called for a high of eight in Toronto and Montreal and seven in Ottawa.
Temperatures expected to continue to go down on Sunday with rain forecast in Toronto and snow forecast in Montreal and Ottawa.
Snow is expected to begin to fall on Tuesday.
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