Despite it being a tough day for those without winter tires, many went outside with the aim of enjoying the snow.
British Columbians on the south coast may not be used to prolonged periods of real winter, but there is growing hope for a white Christmas this year.
Katie Marchant's father, Andrew, went further than helping his daughter build a snowman. He built an ice rink in his back yard.
"My dad makes it almost every year... he puts two tarps down and then he fills it up with lots of water," she said.
"It's nice when their friends come over and they all go skating, It's a memory that they'll have forever, They'll remember -- when do we ever to go outside skating anymore? We just don't," said Andrew.
"It's very unusual to be that cold for that long and, of course, we've had heavy snow on top of it," said John McIntyre of Environment Canada.
"It looks like another weaker system with more snow will arrive Christmas Eve. So flurries and well below normal temperatures."
In the Interior and on Vancouver Island the snow almost records -- and cause problems.
In Kamloops, a woman had a close call when the door to her apartment's balcony locked shut behind her as she was clearing snow. With temperatures of -20 C she was stuck on the balcony and called out for help for 90 minutes before a neighbour heard her. Firemen used a ladder to remove her, and she was very cold but otherwise unhurt.
In Surrey, a 30-year-old autistic man who had gone missing from his group home on Saturday was located Sunday morning. Robert Mascardo had disappeared after getting off a bus in Guildford, and the Surrey RCMP had been concerned about his welfare in the bad weather.
With a report from CTV British Columbia's Mike Killeen
