Originally Posted by Lychee

Toronto's indeed a fun city, but you have to appreciate it as itself - a city on the Great Lakes in the most populated/developed/industrialized/suburban-sprawly part of Canada, and not a place in England. It will never replicate England, so as long as you can appreciate it as such, you'll be okay.

Originally Posted by Piff Poff

What you have written could have been written by me about Alberta and how I feel about the Toronto/Ontario weather

We are also looking at moving Province in a couple of years and OH fell in love with Southern Ontario - primarily Niagara on the Lake area but not limited to there. We are hoping to go out at Spring Break - I know what Spring Break weather is like in Alberta, I'm interested in Ontario weather, I want to move to a shorter winter area Also on our places to spend some time checking is St Catherines - OH has a possible business opportunity there already.

Hah! It'll be interesting to see where we both end up

Originally Posted by honeybunny2011

Its such a hard choice to make, I am also looking at these areas. I've also heard that Barrie is a hotspot at the moment????

Originally Posted by Piff Poff

What you have written could have been written by me about Alberta and how I feel about the Toronto/Ontario weather

We are also looking at moving Province in a couple of years and OH fell in love with Southern Ontario - primarily Niagara on the Lake area but not limited to there. We are hoping to go out at Spring Break - I know what Spring Break weather is like in Alberta, I'm interested in Ontario weather, I want to move to a shorter winter area Also on our places to spend some time checking is St Catherines - OH has a possible business opportunity there already.

Hah! It'll be interesting to see where we both end up

Originally Posted by honeybunny2011

Its such a hard choice to make, I am also looking at these areas. I've also heard that Barrie is a hotspot at the moment????

Originally Posted by Lorry1

Is Alberta basically 2 seasons?
Niagara on the Lake looks too far out of Toronto on the map. Not sure what buses or trains are like from there?

We could end up neighbours

Originally Posted by Piff Poff

Yes Alberta is just two seasons - Snow and Mosquito. We've already had several frosty nights and flurries are mentioned in every forecast from Oct 1st until April 1st, we might not get them but they are mentioned just in case I am feeling wary and I suppose weary at the thought of the upcoming season. Last winter affected my husband really badly, which in turn affected me, which has led to the decision to move at some point in the not too distant future. Red Deer has only got something like 100 frost free days a year.