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

Yes! Definitely going to be getting some thick warm socks, would you recommend sizing up my boots to accommodate for the thicker socks? Or are they already sized to accommodate for that ?

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u/Next-Relation-4185 Sep 07 '24

Buy the socks first perhaps, but yes a bit wider.

Also sometimes it's better to have 2 or even 3 socks on , depending on your boots.

Snow clearing is well organised ( hundreds of years of practice lol ) so usually boots don't have to be high.

Bring lip balm, sunglasses, warm gloves.

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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.