What do you dislike about living in Ontario?
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Tried to find a pretty snowfall map of Canada, and despite plenty of US examples, could not find one. Nevertheless, the stats in this table seem descriptive enough.
Average Yearly Snowfall in Canadian Cities - Current Results
Average Yearly Snowfall in Canadian Cities - Current Results
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottawa#Climate
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Re: What do you dislike about living in Ontario?
Whilst this isn't a map, you can get information for the amount of snowfall over the season for major Cities in Canada (you may need to tweak it using the dropdowns for the City, time period and type of info you want). I found it quite accurate. Snowfall over the Last Year for Charlottetown http://toronto.weatherstats.ca/charts/snow-1year.html
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Most of BC the regions I go to dont have them at all, makes driving at night a bit stressful sometimes. White lane markings + rain + poorly lit highway = hard to see.
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I had a friend who had a heart attack shoveling snow. Her landlord felt bad considering he was being a prick and knew she had an existinf heart issue. Luckily wasnt fatal.
Shoveling snow is one the hardest things I have done. No way I would do it again atleast without a machine.
From 1981 to 2010 Enviro Canada says we avg 87cm yr. Seems a bit high but I venture 20 yrs from now the avg will be a lot lower. Snow isnt too common anymore around here.
The peak overlooking town still has no fresh snow pack, usually has a nice white covering by this time of the year.
Excuse the abbreviations and any errors in typing. Using a phone to post is a pain.
Shoveling snow is one the hardest things I have done. No way I would do it again atleast without a machine.
From 1981 to 2010 Enviro Canada says we avg 87cm yr. Seems a bit high but I venture 20 yrs from now the avg will be a lot lower. Snow isnt too common anymore around here.
The peak overlooking town still has no fresh snow pack, usually has a nice white covering by this time of the year.
Excuse the abbreviations and any errors in typing. Using a phone to post is a pain.
The gentleman who owned my house died when shovelling snow. It happens more often than people think - in one storm last winter, 3 died in Hamilton alone. Three men die of heart attacks while shovelling snow
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The early snowfalls are not so bad. Shovels are so well designed here that pushing often is enough.
It's the wet heavy stuff or deep drifts that are more problematic. And, of course, the ridges left at the end of the drive from the city plow. But in the first 6 winters here there were only three occasions when shovels weren't enough and one of those was only because access to the garage was needed when my mother in law moved.
A combination of not being as fit as I was and definitely bigger snowfalls means calling a guy with a plow quite often now.
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Morally or practically?
When I bought a chainsaw everyone insisted I needed a gasoline one; I went ahead and bought a cheapo electric one and it was fine for the task and everything since. I appreciate a battery one would probably be useless though.
When I bought a chainsaw everyone insisted I needed a gasoline one; I went ahead and bought a cheapo electric one and it was fine for the task and everything since. I appreciate a battery one would probably be useless though.
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Practically. An electric "snow brush" is OK for clearing an inch or two off the deck but that's it.
I didn't know that you live in a condo.
When I bought a chainsaw everyone insisted I needed a gasoline one; I went ahead and bought a cheapo electric one and it was fine for the task and everything since. I appreciate a battery one would probably be useless though.
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I doubt this happens too often in Toronto, however .
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And imagine if that was coupled with a requirement to do the sidewalk as well.
Or when you can walk/sledge straight off the roof & down the piles of shovelled snow...
Mind you, this was a tad more extreme
I doubt this (deep snow) happens too often in Toronto, however .
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The Toronto that has balmy weather is Toronto proper, within the DVP, lake, 427, Bloor Street. In this area one might own a snow shovel but most years one could clear the snow by peeing on it.
Suburban Toronto, say out to the end of the TTC, gets some snow, one would want a shovel. If one were a BMW or Lexus type of person one would have a walk behind blower (and blow only the driveway, not the sidewalk, as is their habit).
Exurban Toronto, say out to the end of the GO train, sometimes gets a couple of feet in a fall. Here a walk behind blower isn't silly and winter tyres are worthy of consideration.
LondonOnt, Hamilton, places west, get lake effect snow. They're not Buffalo but they are places where one would wait for the plough before driving and a subscription to a truck and blade service would be worth thinking about.
If I wanted to save my aching back, I wouldn't look to move west of Toronto.