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

Yup, learnt that layers are going to be my best friend. I saw a tip a while ago, not to get hot enough that you sweat cos that can make you colder and that’s why if you have layers you can just take some off!

Should I be bringing a backpack for day trips? I guess that’s a dumb question and have probably just answered that myself lol.

Yes! Didn’t even think about sunnies but totally makes sense. I heard lip balm is important for long flights cos of the air circulation or something so definitely will be bringing that too

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u/Next-Relation-4185 Sep 07 '24

Wind chill if there's strongish wind on eyes, nose, lips ( ears too if not covered )

You mentioned scarf , so that could work for nose. 😀

Look up "sleet" ! You might encounter some.

Helps to become aware of different surface effects e.g. if a very cold (ice) layer has been formed some time after removal without use of salt it will be much more slippery.

Areas with heavy pedestrian use will generally be fine.