Alberta wind warning leaves thousands without power

Strong winds under an Environment Canada wind warning knocked out power to thousands of customers across central and northern Alberta on Wednesday, Oct. 14, with more than 10,000 customers affected at one point, according to outage maps from Fortis Alberta and ATCO.

Updated 5:50 a.m. MT, Oct. 15, 2026. Posted 12:50 p.m. MT, Oct. 14, 2026. Check the Environment Canada alerts map and the Fortis Alberta outage map for the latest status.

CTV News Edmonton reported the largest outages were in Athabasca, about 135 kilometres north of Edmonton, where 6,250 Fortis customers were without power, and around Boyle, about 125 kilometres northeast of the capital, where 1,788 customers were out. Another 1,946 customers east of Boyle toward Lac La Biche were also affected.

About 2,000 customers in Strathcona County, north and south of Cooking Lake, had power restored by 5:30 p.m., CTV reported. Fortis outage maps also showed 724 customers out in the Grandin area of St. Albert, and smaller outages near Stony Plain, Devon and Wabamun Lake. ATCO listed outages near Kinuso, on the south shore of Lesser Slave Lake, and near Wapiti, south of Grande Prairie.

Gusts in Edmonton ranged from 50 to 75 km/h through the afternoon, while weather stations just outside the city recorded gusts of 80 to 95 km/h, CTV reported. Environment Canada had warned of northwesterly gusts up to 90 km/h that could cause power outages and make travel difficult for high-sided vehicles.

The agency advises people to secure loose objects around homes and yards. Gusty conditions were expected to continue Wednesday evening before tapering off overnight, with Edmonton forecast to be calmer Thursday morning and gusts returning to about 30 km/h in the afternoon, CTV reported.

The outage figures come from the utilities’ public outage maps as relayed by CTV, and totals change as crews restore service. CTV said it had contacted Fortis for more information but had not received a reply by Wednesday night.

Via CTV News Edmonton on CP24, The Weather Network and CTV News Edmonton.

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