2026-07-15 from cbc.ca

It's the middle of July, and there have been a number of heat waves across several regions of the country.

On Tuesday, parts of northern and southern Ontario, as well as Quebec and even the Northwest Territories, were under a heat alert. Downtown Toronto reached a scorching temperature of 36 C, making it the hottest place in the country, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada's early data. While temperatures aren't expected to reach that high, the heat is expected to continue until Thursday.

Have there been any deaths? It's hard to say.

That's because in Canada, there is no federal coroner's organization and no standard way to report heat-related deaths across the country.

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