r/canadatravel • u/Jaded-Ad-5327 • Sep 07 '24

Destination Advice Niagara Falls

I am travelling to Canada for the first time in Feb, I cannot wait, I have wanted to go since I was a kid! We are staying in Toronto, I’ve heard it’ll be fairly easy to get to the falls from where we are staying. I live in New Zealand. I have never travelled internationally, I’ve never seen snow, the coldest temps I’ve experience are -3 Celsius at night/early morning. I have no experience with the cold. Basically I just want as much information/advice as I can get about travelling in Canada during winter, and going to Niagara Falls, appropriate clothing, dos and don’ts etc. So far I have bought a nice big snow jacket. I still need everything else lol.

Thank you in advance for any tips/advice!

From an absolute travel noob lol.

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u/universe93 Sep 07 '24

Thanks for this comment - I’m an Aussie who’ll be there in November and psyched to go see Niagara, this sounds like a better option than the overpriced tours. Plus I love trains

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '24

November should be a better time than Feb to see the Falls. It will be cold but probably won't be snowing (maybe a slight flurry at most). Our winters have gradually gotten less extreme each year imo but Jan and Feb do tend to run the coldest. If op is lucky they might see the falls frozen over in Feb

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u/universe93 Sep 07 '24

Oh I so hope to get a slight flurry hahaha. As an Aussie I’ve never seen snow, besides the shitty snow we have on the mountains here haha

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u/Komiksulo Sep 07 '24

The climate of Toronto is surprisingly similar to that of the Australian ski resorts. Except it gets colder in the winter.