> Why aren't more people going to there rather than Vancouver or Toronto?
1. You need to speak French
2. Winter is brutal (forecast for next 10 days, and it's only October: https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l/CAXX0301:1:CA)
1. You need to speak French
2. Winter is brutal (forecast for next 10 days, and it's only October: https://weather.com/weather/tenday/l/CAXX0301:1:CA)
Apart from the really short days in winter, the climate in Boston isn't too bad.
Opposite of the intended effect I guess.
Montreal is probably the only city in the province where you don't need to speak french though.
I don't know for sure either way - I only arrived at the end of February, and last winter was unusually intense and long in both Montreal and the northeast US where I was just before.
Still, if it is just 4 months, that's pretty close to canonical season length!
They offer lots of coping mechanisms too like the underground city in the downtown core and good home heating, plus lots of outdoor and indoor activities to make the winter enjoyable.