August 12 Eclipse Crosses Arctic to Europe as Most Canadians Get a Partial View
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Updated · The Weather Network · May 21
August 12 Eclipse Crosses Arctic to Europe as Most Canadians Get a Partial View
2 articles · Updated · The Weather Network · May 21
August 12, 2026 will bring a total solar eclipse from the Arctic across Greenland, Iceland, the North Atlantic, Portugal and Spain to the Mediterranean, while almost all of Canada sees only a partial eclipse.
Northeastern Canada — including Nunavut, Labrador and Newfoundland — will get the deepest partial coverage, while southwestern British Columbia around Vancouver and southern Vancouver Island will miss the event entirely.
More southerly and westerly Canadian locations will see only a small bite taken from the Sun, though the partial phase can still last more than an hour.
No part of the path of totality reaches Canada, so viewers there must use certified solar eclipse glasses or indirect methods for the entire event; naked-eye viewing is never safe.
The eclipse follows Canada's April 8, 2024 spectacle, and the next total solar eclipse to cross Canadian soil is not due until August 22, 2044.
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