Need Help in Planning a December Trip to Canada

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  [Deactivated] on 09/01/2019 - 02:57

  +1

  Pack for -40C. Even the homeless people in Toronto have goretex sleeping bags.

  I would go to Lake Louise, but it's probably frozen over that time of year.

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    dust on 09/01/2019 - 09:37

    Lake Louise is definitely frozen in December!

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  jjjaar on 09/01/2019 - 08:56

  If you’re just after general advice rather than bargains or deals, this might be something worth going over to the TripAdvisor forums to discuss.

  I’ve not been in December but I did visit Toronto in mid-November one year. It was my first trip and I loved it. I found that visiting places like Niagara Falls were nicer in November than when I went in June, purely because of the lack of people around. Much quieter and much more serene.

  But December is a whole other ball game for weather.

  I have also been to Vancouver, Quebec City, Montreal and Ottawa. I think they’re all lovely places, but I visited in September so can’t provide much weather appropriate advice.

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  thedriver on 09/01/2019 - 09:11

  Vancouver has fabulous food and coffee, art and bars:
  Nemesis Coffee for coffee, breakfast and lunch. It's like fine dining, but better and more casual and the prices are like a local cafe…Amazing!

  If you want to ski/board, you can go to Grouse mountain, literally just outside of Vancouver or it's just a couple of hours by shuttle bus to Whistler which is enourmous.

  Roger's Arena in Vancouver for a hockey game.

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  JimmyF on 09/01/2019 - 09:37

  Some ideas are to visit Vancouver and Montreal, but that's as far as it has gone

  There are at the opposite ends of the country. Its a 6 hour flight between them.

  But if you get to the east side, then grab a car for a road trip to niagara falls and toronto as well.

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  cybapete on 08/02/2019 - 22:12

  +1

  if you don't mind staying up at night winter is the prime time to see the northern lights
  https://capturetheatlas.com/see-the-northern-lights-in-canad…

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    sal78 on 12/02/2019 - 00:03

    whistler is so cheap. we stayed in heart of village for aud$120 p/night 1 br. supermarket prices same as oz. rtn shuttle to whistler only $30 pp and drops off at airport or downtown. only 2hrs!! just incredible.

    get groupon canada and buy during black friday sale. we inly paid aud $100 pp for 2hrs first track snowbiling. cheaper than niseko where my friend recently paid $220 pp canada cheaper than niseko.

    1 day ski was abt $150 inc lesson but i needed to hire pants n the threw it in for free. all their hire gear n staff clithing us The North Face so I was super gappy with the quality.

    There r plenty if food options, happy hrs or cook in restaurant. We even bought groupon vouchers for restaurants. It us really so much cheaper than australua where accommodation us $500+ per night.

    the most disapponting thing for a world class redort is there are no heated seats, heated handle vars and covers on chairlifts. The mountain is huge to cgairlifts can taje awhile and its windy and -25deg. by the time i got off, i was just too cold. icicles formed! really spoilt in europe. but so much more positives.. mlive the apres ski n vilkage vibes, plethora of shops n restaurants.

    i want to go back n try to get to the glacier cave! actually the beginners runs are like intermefiates.. its quite challenging. the intermediates are hairy! if only wasnt so cold. enjoyed the runs thoygh.

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  sal78 on 11/02/2019 - 23:58

  +1

  hubby and i went a few yrs ago. plenty of snow.

  bris - nyc 2 nights - amtrack to washington dc 2 nights - back to nyc 2 nights - vancouver 2 nights - whistler 2 nights - fly home.

  xmas in ny is magical. i lived there for awhile but hubby has never been. we were in vancouver around 9/12 and the airport was covered in snow when we arrived. it was beautiful n white. Plenty if snow in whistler and snowing in village. i skied 1 day and we did the snow mobile. my husband doesnt like skiing.

  very cheap. air canada $1100 rtn with free stopover in vancouver. i think anywhere else in canada is too cold in dec. Whistler is magical at xmas time. We want to go back with kids.