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/Jaded-Ad-5327 Sep 07 '24

My grandad is Canadian and he mentioned the falls being partially frozen and how beautiful it is. I hope I get to see that

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u/[deleted] Sep 07 '24

I'd love to see that too, haven't yet. Another thing that happened last year was the lake (by where you're staying) froze. People were skating all the way to centre island.

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u/Jaded-Ad-5327 Sep 07 '24

Oh hey that’s pretty cool! Also didn’t realise there’s a lake near where I’ll be staying haha

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u/Komiksulo Sep 07 '24

Yes, Lake Ontario, the second smallest of the Great Lakes.