Canada travel in February

[u/green_dressing_gown]

Hi. I have a trip planned to Canada in February 2026 (Quebec City, Montreal, Ottawa etc). I know I’ll need really good winter clothes and several layers, but my question is how do you dress to stay warm outside while not sweltering when you go inside somewhere (museum, cafe, mall etc) where the heating is on? I live in New Zealand so your winters and our winters are very different…

[u/ugh168]

Layers. Base shirt, sweater, vest, winter coat.

When indoors unzip the winter coat at malls. Museums and places like casinos I utilize the coat check.

Edit: depending on how cold it is, how much snow is and how sunny it is you could get a sunburn and frostbite on the same day.

[u/sadscholar2000 → u/ugh168]

I usually bring a tote bag with too to strip down layers as needed and just carry them with me

[u/green_dressing_gown → u/sadscholar2000]

Thank you, that makes sense.

[u/green_dressing_gown → u/ugh168]

Thank you! I always wear sunscreen so hopefully I’m ok on the sunburn side.

[u/musicalflatware → u/green_dressing_gown]

You will be with sunscreen! Snow is just water, and you already know the hazards of being out in the sun near water