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Originally posted by new evolution
To be fair we have more cold weather in Toronto than other big cities around the world, including in America. I should NOT be seeing frost on windshields and rooftops in mid-end October
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I think we're going to have a proper winter this year, I'm so excited. Let it snow, let it snow, let it snowwww (as long as I don't have to drive..)
It's true, but honestly, I think we have it better off. I lived in a hot country for two years. It can be 30+ degrees the majority of the year, but once you hit their version of "winter", you WILL experience night time temperatures below 15. And that's where it becomes extremely uncomfortable, humidity + lower temperatures in places without mandatory heating (because it's not worth making heating mandatory for those few cold months at night - we would straight up die if we didn't have mandatory heating). We're lucky - we have to be climatized all year long because of our temperature extremes.
Like... I wear shorts and a tshirt on the regular in the middle of winter in Canada. Sure, it's -30 outside, but I don't care, it's always 23 degrees indoors. I'll put some pants on and maybe a light sweater to go outside (under my jacket w/ gloves on of course, I'm not fond of frostbite). People only stay outside for extreme reasons in the middle of winter, you're almost always running to a heated place (bus, car, mall, etc), the discomfort is brief, and then you're back to 23 degrees.
... this all becomes moot if the power goes down. We are so ****ed if there's no power come January/February, it's not even mildly amusing. -20/-30 can kill.
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Originally posted by MaRy
You must live in Toronto or Vancouver because chilli, this spring it snowed in May and the snow cover did not melt until June 
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Holy, where do you live? You must live farrr up North... this year wasn't as bad as usual, but normally southern Ontario is experiencing heat waves by June. I was saying for our most populated cities, the snow isn't too bad of an inconvenience (thanks to our small population). But there's definitely some places that have a true stereotypical Canadian winter... but there's so few people living in those areas (and Toronto is the centre of the universe) sooo we don't hear much about it.
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Originally posted by Raphy23
There hasn't been a white Christmas for like 10 years where I live in Canada.
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I think it's a myth... every year I'm like "YES, we're going to have a white christmas!" and there's either no snow or maybe like a light dusting, lol. All the American Christmas movies lie to me, sob.