How do you cope with cold in Toronto?

Answer 1

I've lived in Toronto all my life, so I guess I've gotten immuned to it. We tend to wear lots of sweaters, scarves, hats, gloves, and big jackets around winter time. Ironically, this winter has not been too cold and there hasn't been any snow. It's been so bad that Blue Mountain (our most famous ski resort) has had to shut down for the season. They had to lay off all the workers this winter because there's no business due to the lack of snow.

Answer 2

Most people in Toronto do NOT wear Caribou coats,
although that could be very effective at keeping you warm.

Wool winter coats or down filled coats are the optimum, the most warm and popular. Synthetic-insulated coats are common too but not so good, they only feel luke-warm, but make you sweat when you go inside a mall. Also, gloves or mitts, scarf, toque / hat etc..

Its a very good idea to carry some extra things in your car too:
- polar-fleece blankets or wool blankets,
- extra wool sweaters,
- some suede work gloves (in case you have to fix a flat or
fiddle with your engine and don't want to ruin good expensive gloves or don't want to use freezing cold bare hands),
- toque / wool hat,
- umbrella,
- box of tissues,
- even an EXTRA winter coat,
- and some snacks that can last in the car, tin of cashews or raisins or granola bars or chocolate or cookies for energy to keep your muscle-cells metabolizing and generating body heat to keep all of you warm.
- cell phone

Its advisable to have extra things like this just in case your car gets stuck or won't start, you can keep warm for hours if necessary, while you wait for help, or in case you want to help someone. Some people in another province got stuck and didn't have any survival extras and they walked to get help and froze in the extreme cold there. Even if its not that extreme, its still assurance of comfort in case your car gets stuck.

(and kick off the accumulated snow & slush from behind the front wheels before it freezes hard and dampens steering ability or ruins the steering parts)

Answer 3

and where i live it gets much colder that Toronto
at times it can get to - 40
and with the windchill - 55
that is COLD

current temp in toronto is -3 feels like -10 (weather channel online)
my temp is -18 feels like -28

Answer 4

Buy a Carribou Coat,

There is no other fibre like it to keep you warm. Ask any Inuit