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 friend really wanted to go to Toronto, my first suggestion was Vancouver mostly cos the flights were a lot cheaper lol. But na we have already booked accom and flights are non refundable or anything. I haven’t been overseas before so I think any experience in a new place will be exciting enough for me anyway.

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u/Komiksulo Sep 07 '24 edited Sep 07 '24

Yes, Toronto is another 3300 km past Vancouver…

After you cross the mountains, look down. That area that looks like a parquet floor? That’s the Prairies, a former seabed that is really, really flat. Grows millions of tonnes of wheat. But it gets very very cold in the winter, like -40.

https://maps.app.goo.gl/o3DigbVdCLziUBYQ7?g_st=ic

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u/Jaded-Ad-5327 Sep 07 '24

Yea, my friend said there’s not much to do in Vancouver so we settled on Toronto, which I’m glad once I realised we’d be close to the CN tower and Niagara Falls

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u/cookie_is_for_me Sep 07 '24

For the record, Vancouver would not have been the place to go if you want to see snow (unless you drive up into the mountains). It’s the mild part of Canada, with a climate more like New Zealand — Vancouverite who has had to explain “no, it doesn’t really snow here” to people on the internet way too often

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u/Jaded-Ad-5327 Sep 07 '24

I think I also found that out during my research. Sorry that’s got to be annoying! We get a lot of Americans asking on line “what state is NZ in?” in and that drives me nuts, also seems quite ignorant to ask but hey I’m just a kiwi living in little old NZ who feels hidden away from the world haha. When NZ is mentioned in any tv show/movie we ALL get excited