In this video we give a reality check on winter in Canada and explain how biking in all seasons is not as crazy as some people suggest.

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More in the weeds winter cycling content from Canadian creators: Paige Saunders, "Winter Biking: It's Actually Easy!": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJa37T5NJ4I Shifter, "Eight mistakes new winter bike commuters make and how to avoid them": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lrj2pQOnIPs Cjhoyle, Complete Guide to Winter Cycling - Clothing: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPdyA_f1hM8

References: The recent storm in the record books: https://twitter.com/YOW_Weather/status/1483247532897619969 The storm cancelling 4,200 flights: https://www.reuters.com/world/us/thousands-flights-canceled-eastern-us-winter-storm-heads-north-2022-01-17/ Half of Canadians use winter tires: https://tirf.ca/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/2012_Winter_Tire_Report_7.pdf (page 2 of document, page 10 of PDF) Rideau Canal Skateway sees 20,000 visitors per day: https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/nearly-20-000-people-a-day-skate-on-rideau-canal-skateway-1.5313557 Ottawa's LRT weathered the snowstorm: https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/quite-pleased-ottawa-lrt-weathers-record-snowstorm-1.5744778 Apple Mobility data: https://covid19.apple.com/mobility

The weather data comes from the 1981–2010 Canadian Climate Normals from Environment Canada. Explore here: Toronto (https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?searchType=stnName&txtStationName=toronto&searchMethod=contains&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=5097&dispBack=0) Montreal (https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?searchType=stnName&txtStationName=montreal&searchMethod=contains&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=5415&dispBack=0) Vancouver (https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?searchType=stnName&txtStationName=vancouver&searchMethod=contains&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=889&dispBack=0) Ottawa (https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?searchType=stnName&txtStationName=ottawa&searchMethod=contains&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=4337&dispBack=0) Winnipeg (https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?searchType=stnName&txtStationName=winnipeg&searchMethod=contains&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=3698&dispBack=1) Calgary (https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?searchType=stnName&txtStationName=calgary&searchMethod=contains&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=2205&dispBack=1) Edmonton (https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?searchType=stnName&txtStationName=edmonton&searchMethod=contains&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=1867&dispBack=0) Quebec City (https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?searchType=stnName&txtStationName=quebec&searchMethod=contains&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=5251&dispBack=1)

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