Current heatwave sees Canada record new highest-ever temperature

Environment Canada expects temperatures to begin cooling on Tuesday

The reading on Sunday by Environment Canada in Lytton surpassed the previous national high of 45C (113F), which was set in Saskatchewan in 1937. File Picture: Stephen Pond/PA

The village of Lytton in the interior of southern British Columbia sizzled under a new all-time high temperature for Canada, reaching 46.1C, or just under 115F.

The reading on Sunday by Environment Canada in Lytton surpassed the previous national high of 45C (113F), which was set in Saskatchewan in 1937.