How bad does the winter get, how cold in celcius? How many hours of dark do you have?
Well, mate, Canada is a big country and some places are warmer than others.
Where I live, we have had some days in winter when the temperature drops to about -45 deg C. Brr.
Otherwise, things are usually in the -20s and -30s in the middle of winter.
As for the amount of light/darkness -
Around January, it is dark by 5pm or 4.30pm and in the morning, sometimes 8am is still kinda dark.
Does this help, T?
~M