Hydro One officials reported that about 8,000 customers remain without power on Sunday after a series of severe thunderstorms rolled through Southern Ontario earlier this week.
The company said that some residents are still without power in Peterborough, Tweed and Fenelon Falls, Ont. Officials said they expect power to be restored to most homes by Sunday evening.
The storms extended from southern Georgian Bay to the Ottawa region, according to a statement from Environment Canada. Hydro One reported that about 150,000 customers initially lost power across the province.
Environment Canada also reported "significant storms" in the southern part of Haliburton County and the Kawartha Lakes area, adding that areas of central Ontario have been hit with wind gusts of 120 kilometres per hour.
Ontario Provincial Police say that a float plane flipped over in Balsam Lake, about 150 kilometres northeast of Toronto, but could not confirm that weather played a factor in the incident.
In Toronto, the storm toppled hundreds of trees and power lines, knocked down signs and even collapsed the inflated dome of an east-end sports complex.
Toronto Hydro said that about 1,500 customers experienced power outages due to the storm.
Spokesperson Jennifer Link said the outages were fragmented across the city, with one or two customers calling in from various neighbourhoods.
"Yesterday we had all our available resources put toward storm-related cleanup. But there were no large-scale outages," Link said.
One of the hardest-hit areas was Park Street near Kingston Road and Midland Avenue, according to officials, where trees toppled onto houses.
The thunderstorms produced hail, strong winds, intense lightning and "golf-ball sized hail" that fell over Richmond Hill.
With files from The Canadian Press.
