Following the wild winter storms that began last week, thousands of Canadians are still without power. Residents in parts of Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick began Tuesday in the dark as utility crews worked to restore electricity.

As of Tuesday afternoon, remain without power, while Hydro One in Ontario is reporting 279 power outages with .

Since the winter storm began, electricity has been restored to more than 430,000 residents in Ontario, Hydro One said in a . Road closures, however, have delayed access to certain parts of the province, such as areas in Bracebridge, Huntsville and Parry Sound.

鈥淲e continue to move crews into the hardest hit areas to help get the power restored as roads reopen. In the meantime, our dedicated team members are using every means possible to reach customers in these inaccessible areas," said鈥疍avid Lebeter, Hydro One鈥檚 chief operating officer, in .

Ontario鈥檚 Niagara region also that was declared on Dec. 24. The emergency status was announced due to dangerous, blizzard-like conditions such as blowing snow and limited visibility.

As of Tuesday afternoon, Environment Canada has for Parry Sound, Ont. Snow squall warnings were also issued for Barrie and Grey-Bruce on Tuesday morning. Wind, snowfall and freezing rain warnings have been issued by Environment Canada for parts of British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan as well.

In Quebec, thousands of residents across Quebec City, Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean and Cote-Nord were without power as of Tuesday morning. According to the CEO of Hydro-Quebec, most of the province鈥檚 residents who are still without power can expect their lights and heat .

"Today and tomorrow are going to be long," Hydro-Quebec's president and CEO Sophie Brochu said during a conference on Monday.

This comes after high winds and snow squalls hit the province starting Thursday night. Since then, to approximately 90 per cent of all households impacted by the extreme weather.

鈥淚n total, close to 670 000 customers will have been affected at some point since Thursday night as unusually strong wind gusts moved across the province,鈥� reads on Monday.

On Twitter, Quebec Premier Francois Legault felt by those who remain without power. According to Hydro-Quebec, .

As of Tuesday afternoon, electricity has also been restored to most New Brunswick Power customers affected by the storm, with still in the dark and 15 outages still in effect. At the height of the outage, more than 70,000 customers were without power as of Saturday morning, .

According to New Brunswick Power, the outage is one of the largest to hit the province within the last 25 years.

DANGEROUS WEATHER DELAYS TRAVEL

Dangerous weather conditions also left a number of holiday travellers stranded over the weekend. On Saturday, Via Rail announced a CN train derailment resulted in trip cancellations on Christmas and Boxing Day between Toronto and Ottawa, and Toronto and Montreal.

The cancellations followed winter storm conditions involving snow, freezing rain and high winds. The weather left planes grounded and stalled numerous other Via Rail trains between Ontario and Quebec, leaving .

Via Rail resumed services on its Toronto-Ottawa and Toronto-Montreal routes Tuesday, but will follow .

With files from The Canadian Press and CTV News Montreal鈥檚 Joe Lofaro