canadian climate?

Question

i am a construction worker who is thinking of immigrating to canada for a while, what i would like to know is about the climate there, please tell me about how cold, how hot, daylight hours and where abouts you are talking about. o.ther info will also be helpfull

Answer 1

Canada is larger than all of Europe!
The climate varies greatly!
Toronto's weather (since you listed under Toront but if you want a job you should go to Alberta):
Today
Sunny with cloudy periods. Becoming cloudy with sunny periods near noon with 60 percent chance of showers or thunderstorms this afternoon. High 23. UV index 5 or moderate.
Tonight
Cloudy with 60 percent chance of showers or thunderstorms early this evening. Clearing late this evening. Low 15.
Saturday
Sunny. Increasing cloudiness late in the day with 60 percent chance of showers. Risk of a thunderstorm. Wind becoming southwest 30 km/h in the afternoon. High 29.
Sunday
Sunny. Low 19. High 29.
Monday
Sunny. Low 17. High 28.
Tuesday
A mix of sun and cloud with 40 percent chance of showers. Low 19. High 26.
http://www.weatheroffice.ec.gc.ca/city/pages/on-143_metric_e.html

http://www.theweathernetwork.com/weather/cities/can/pages/CAON0696.htm





http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada
Average winter and summer high temperatures across Canada range depending on the location. Winters can be harsh in many regions of the country, particularly in the Prairie provinces, where daily average temperatures are near −15 °C (5 °F), but can drop below -40 °C (-40 °F) with severe wind chills. [28] Coastal British Columbia is an exception and enjoys a temperate climate with a mild and rainy winter.

Average summer high temperatures across Canada range depending on the location. On the east and west coast average high temperatures are generally in the low 20s °C (68 to 74 °F), while between the coasts the average summer high temperature range between 25 °C to 30 °C (78 to 86 °F) with occasional extreme heat in some interior locations exceeding 40 °C (104 °F). [29][30] For a more complete description of climate across Canada see Environment Canada's Website.[31]

Answer 2

Canada is HUGE, and there are several distinct climate zones. The west coast is the most temperate. You can golf year round out there. The prairies have hot and dry summers, very cold winters.
Quebec and Ontario are not quite as cold, but they have lots of snow in the winter. The Maritimes are a lot like the New England area.
Daylight hours? If you go to the far north of Canada, you get almost 24 hours of daylight in the summer, almost none in the winter. Along the US border area, it stays light in summer until about 9:45 p.m. and the sun rises at about 4:15 a.m. So you get good long summer days. In the winter, it starts to get dark around 4:30 p.m and doesn't really get light until about 8:30 a.m.
You really need to narrow your search down a bit, because the country is just too large to give you a useful thumbnail sketch of the whole thing. But it's all great!
If you're working in construction, they'll welcome you with open arms in BC or Alberta, where there is a construction boom and a shortage of workers.

Answer 3

It doesn't rain all the time in Vancouver!!!
Expect -5 for maybe 2 or 3 days in winter, and an inch or two of snow twice each winter. 20-30 degrees in the summer for most of July and August. November and March and April it does rain a lot. In the summer it is daylight until about 9:30 and the sun is up sometime around 5. In the winter the sun is up between 7 and 8 and goes down at about 5.

I think that Vancouver is the place to be. We are building like crazy because of the Olympics. There is a huge shortage of workers, lots of companies are overpaying their workers. A bridge is slated to be built, but there aren't enough workers- they are actually paying workers a finders fee.

My brother in law is in construction here and in Arizona- the biggest difference is that when a rain drop falls the work stops in Arizona. Here it doesn't- rain or shine, or crazy cold weather. In Vancouver construction doesn't slow down in the winter because it never gets cold enough! Our winters are the mildest in Canada. In the rest of Canada, work does slow down- it is WAY too cold!

Check out the trades section at www.canada.com click on working. Check out the number of positions available and the pay!

Answer 4

Eastern Ontario - Ottawa, Toronto, Quebec
The weather is milder in Toronto by 3-5 degrees at times.
I grew up in Ottawa and it was hellish weather because it is a valley and the winters are brutal and summers are humid if you can get it. The climate has changed alot since I was growing up because we use to get hail and blizzards alot and now it is rare. However, you can get up to 30cm of snow, dry icy weather and lots of snow. I moved to Toronto a few years back and the weather was a lot milder there and they see less snow there. Toronto is heavily polluted because it is a cosmopolitan and Quebec is considered the worst place to live for pollution - it is said that your life span drops by 5 years when you move to Quebec. Ottawa is a cold or humid and is one of the allergy cities. Eastern Canada is on Standard time and has regular day light and night time. Up north in the Yukon area is different I heard that daylight is rare especially in winter months.

Some facts:
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - Canada, for the seventh consecutive year, ranks as the best place to live in the world.

Canadian Business ranked each province and focused their attention purely on what they could measure- weather, standard of living, population etc. Very insightful site and very indepth.

Answer 5

Well this past winter here in Southern Ontario we only had two days of snow and temperatures stayed around -5C.

Warmest area would be in Southern BC. It gets its fair amount of rain, but no where near the amount most people think.

Winnipeg, Saskatoon and Regina in the summer can be really warm and get the most amount of sunlight during the summer in all of Canada...But watch out for winter.

Calgary's weather isn't all that bad. They do get some serious winters, but they have something called a Chinook. Warm winds come in and the temperatures rise a bit.

Answer 6

In Toronto it varies. The summers are fairly hot - up to thirty degrees and sometimes very humid. Fall is around 10-15 degrees. Winter is very long and very cold. It can sometimes feel like -30 degrees with the windchill. Winter is the only bad thing about Canada, in my opinion. And spring is nice, between 15 and 25 degrees.

Answer 7

Depends where you go like the others said. But you are in bad luck during the winter though..

One guy I spoke to once got a good job very up north, Nunavut , Yukon , North West territories..forgot.......He got lots of money by just watching private properties of healthy owners who regularly live in other big cities most of the time. Took care of ice, rooves, bears also sniffing around, things breaking down due to the weather......
He made tons of money.........but at the end decided that it was just too cold...:-)).

Ah well.........a suggestion.......:-)

Jinx : you believe in the UN statistics ??? those are a joke !!!

Even Canadian Times laugh at it !

Why don't you recommend people to move to Newfoundland ?? eh ?? You have seen statistics comparing provinces to provinces ???
Careful of generalisations like that.......! Lots of people actually die because of lack of funds and can't move to a hospital thousands of miles away for cancer treatment etc. Illiteracy rates sadly is also a hidden taboo which is not spoken about. Lots of people live much below the poverty line.

One of those " not thought about comment like " Canadian healthcare is free"........OH ??? who pays for it then ??? Nothing is free anywhere !!

If you are from Alberta.......good. But be careful.......provinces vary greatly !

Noticed that Canadian tourism is tooting Quebec ?? "the most interesting and varied province in Canada".

Have nothing against you Jinx.....but take a closer look !

Answer 8

It depends on where you are moving from and where you are moving to. If you currently live south of Indiana or Ohio, you will probably notice a considerable change moving to Canada, however if you are north of the southern borders of those two states, you may see an improvement in climate. It is completely dependant on where you are and where you are thinking of going to.

Answer 9

Seeing as you have this listed under Toronto. I will describe it there. Daylight hours are same as the US. Our winter generally starts to get cold in November but we have been known to get snow in October. Our coldest months are uually January and February. Winter lasts until approx the end of March howevr there are days in March where shorts are appropriate. Our temps vary from season to season. In winter we can be as cold as -30C with the windchill and in summer it can get up to around 40C or higher with the humidity. My father is a contractor and doesn't do much building from about November until April. Ground is usually to frozen to dig.

Answer 10

Can't tell you anything until you tell us where exactly in Canada you will be. It varies way too much from coast to coast, north to south. That's like asking what's the climate like in the USA? I'm sure Florida is nothing like Maine.