Residents living in Canada's Toronto and the rest of the GTA are advised to take the necessary precautions in anticipation of blowing snow and frigid temperatures expected to blast the region on Sunday lasting through Monday.

In a special weather statement, Environment Canada said a sharp cold front will dump two to four centimetres of snow on Toronto on Sunday evening, after which temperatures will drop to a bone tattling -11°C on Monday and -17°C on Tuesday. Areas northeast of Lake Huron and Georgian Bay could experience snowfall amounts reaching up to 10 centimetres.

The cold front will sweep south across southern Ontario to southern Georgian Bay to south of Algonquin Park by early Sunday evening. It will reach the 401 corridor overnight.

"Enjoy today's relative warmth in advance of that cold front because we are going to have to say goodbye to that modified Pacific air and say hello to that cold and frigid arctic air," Bill Coulter, CP24 Meteorologist, said on Sunday morning. "The coldest day of the year is on average around the 22nd of January, so really it's not all that unusual to have a really cold pocket of air arriving for that last week or so (of January)."

Motorists and travelers who will brave the storm are advised to take extra caution. The blowing snow could result in "a brief period of near zero visibilities," Environment Canada said in the statement.

Wind gusts between 50 and 70 km/h are possible near the shores of the Great Lakes.

Relatively, wind warnings have likewise been issued for the northeast shore of Lake Erie and Picton-Sandbanks Park. Wind gusts in the area are expected to reach 90 km/h.

Temperatures are forecast to get better for the remainder of the week. Environment Canada forecast a -10°C for Wednesday and a high of -7°C for Thursday and Friday.