The Meteorological Service of Canada ( MSC ; French : Service météorologique du Canada – SMC ) is a branch of Environment and Climate Change Canada , which primarily provides public meteorological information and weather forecasts and warnings of severe weather and other environmental hazards. MSC also monitors and conducts research on the climate , atmospheric science , air quality , water quantities, ice and other environmental issues . MSC operates a network of radio stations throughout Canada transmitting weather and environmental information 24 hours a day called Weatheradio Canada .
7-586: The Patterson Distinguished Service Medal is awarded by the Meteorological Service of Canada (MSC) to residents of Canada for services rendered to meteorology. The award was created in honor of Mr. John Patterson , a meteorologist who served as director and controller of the MSC from 1929 to 1946, an important period in his development. The Patterson Medal was awarded for the first time in 1954 to its namesake after enough funds have been collected. It
14-610: A few across the British Empire and likely modeled after the Royal Observatory, Greenwich . The Toronto observatory ended in 1853, but the colonial government of the province of Canada took over the service and continued collecting climate data. On May 1, 1871, the new Dominion of Canada established the Meteorological Service of Canada by providing a $ 5000 grant to Professor G. T. Kingston of
21-589: Is considered the most important award for the recognition of exceptional work done in meteorology by Canadians. This is not a distinction of the Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society , but it is customary to announce its award during the Canadian Meteorological Congress. The medal was presented to John Patterson in 1954. Due to lack of funds, a 7-year hiatus occurred before the next attribution in 1961 when
28-764: The Meteorological Division, Air Services Branch was expanding rapidly to serve commercial aviation. In September 1939 the full-time staff of the Meteorological Division based in Toronto numbered 213, of which 51 were meteorologists and 57 were meteorological observers. In 1971 the Canadian Meteorological Service was established under the Department of Environment ( Environment Canada ) in 1971. The AES
35-688: The University of Toronto to establish a network of weather observations. This information was collected and made available to the public from 1877 onwards. The MSC was then assigned under the Department of Marine and Fisheries . From 1936 to 1946 the services assigned under the Department of Transport as the Meteorological Division of the Air Services Branch' and as the Meteorological Branch from 1956. In 1939,
42-643: The SMC committed to fund the award. Since then, it has been awarded annually. The winners are: Meteorological Service of Canada Prior to 1840, meteorological observations in Canada were made by private individuals, other entities (like HBC ), and explorers, but this information was not provided to the general public. In 1840, British officials ( British Ordnance Department ) and the Royal Society established an observatory in Toronto, Canada West , one of
49-597: Was renamed later as the Meteorological Service of Canada . There are currently six public weather forecast offices: There are two centres dedicated to aviation weather forecasting: Canadian Meteorological Aviation Centre-East, located in Montreal, and Canadian Meteorological Aviation Centre-West, located in Edmonton. MSC also operates the Canadian Center for Meteorological and Environmental Prediction , which
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