What is best to wear in winter
Winter in Canada: Tips and Hacks to Survive the Winter
it's the middle of December right now
and as you can see it's winter here in
Canada and right now it's minus 13 and
it FINA snowing for already for a couple
of days yeah there's lots of snow right
now just like in the other video we did
called winter in Canada and then that
one we showed you how we survive
basically in these cold temperatures
because a lot of people are surprised
when it gets to minus 30 or minus 40 how
we live but it's not that bad but you
also asked us to make a video about what
to wear during the winter time in Canada
and especially if you're coming here on
a vacation how do you get those kind of
clothes so that's what this episode is
all about
winter in Canada is a beautiful season
to visit but for that you gotta be
prepared you gotta be prepared to buy
the right clothes and wear the right
clothes so you enjoy your visit and
you're not freezing and you can stay
warm the whole time but also you gotta
be prepared because very cold
temperatures can lead to hypothermia
frostbite don't wanna lose any of your
fingers your toes your ears or your nose
and also you can leave some things to
that which is not gonna happen it's
really not that bad and that's why we're
doing this video but first there's some
things that you need to know in advance
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so first things first you want to start
with the weather forecast so of course
that depends on where you're going for
example in Vancouver it might be zero
and raining whereas in Calgary can be
minus 25 and then the north can be minus
50 so you definitely want to know where
you're going and what the weather
forecast is and also when you're there
you definitely want to check in as well
as it can change quite dramatically
depending on where you are then of
course number two would be activities
you want to know what you're doing if
you're just planning on exploring a city
like Toronto you might not need to dress
as warm because we have heat in building
cars and buses pretty much everywhere
that's not outdoors will be warm but if
you're gonna be out skiing and stuff
like that obviously you need to be
dressed very warm aren't having the
proper gear and the third thing you need
to know is your budget how much you want
to spend because of course when you're
coming if to to a cold country and you
usually come from my warmer country
probably all the clothes that you're
gonna use for these holidays are gonna
be just worn for your time here and that
can be very expensive like this kind of
clothes can range from $100 dollars up
to $1,000 but there's so many options on
word to get and how much to spend in
this kind of clothes and gear you can
either buy them brand-new from different
retailers you can get some secondhand
clothes or you can even rent them and
sometimes also when you book an activity
or a tour with a travel company
sometimes they provide some of the gear
if not all of the gears also may be make
sure to know exactly what they provide
and what you need to buy or work and of
course for each person is different some
people are warmer than others Karla is
almost always cold relatively warm
although I think I'm getting colder and
it as I get older especially in the
winter
it depends some people need more clothes
than others yeah like for example
Matthew grew up up in the north like
words like what's the average
temperature it was like minus 30 the
whole time
I mean never yeah in the day and he
never had like a proper winter jacket or
winter pants like I I don't know how he
did it
yeah and like for example my mom and my
sister who come from Mexico they don't
have like hardcore winter closest we're
usually not doing with their activities
and as Matthew mentioned there's like
keep everywhere so do you pretty much
can sometimes like handle it with some
clothes that you have back at home so
especially when you're not familiar with
cold winters and with very cold
temperatures it can be a little bit
overwhelming to know what to buy where
to buy it there are so many options
there's so many pieces of clothing so
here are some tips that are gonna help
you to maybe make a better decision or
of what you need to buy
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the first tip is to dress in layers
because this way you can use different
pieces of clothes to keep you warm and
if you get too hot that you can take
them off and there's basically three
layers the first layer is the thermal
underwear as you can see what we're
wearing here it's very tight-fitting it
goes against your skin and keeps the
heat against your body and then of
course your socks which can be anywhere
from two pairs of regular socks to an
actual good pair of warm socks the
second layer is gonna be more of your
regular clothes like your jeans a light
sweater maybe maybe a heavier sweater or
a vest whatever it can keep you warm or
something that you can wear in between
your first and your 38 last but not
least the third layer is the jacket so
if you're just gonna be exploring cities
and stuff like that
just the jacket is probably good enough
but if you're gonna be going skiing or
snowshoeing or anything involving snow
then you're gonna add this no pants so I
have like a ski jacket and my snow pants
I'm not having any and second layer on
underneath my third layer or except for
the best but this is gonna keep me warm
in it for a longer period of time and
he's gonna keep me dry but yeah all this
depends obviously on how cold it is you
know if you're going skiing and it's
minus 15 or something like that or
colder you definitely want everything
that we mentioned if you're just walking
around the city you might not want
thermals because when you go inside
you're gonna be very hot so it all
depends on what you're doing that this
is pretty much what we wear when we do
outdoor activities the second tip is to
cover your whole body because we leave
it or not when you keep your ears your
hands and your neck and face worn it
makes total difference it makes you feel
more warm and more comfortable yes yes I
want a good pair of gloves your hands
will definitely get cold especially on
windy days and you use them a lot so
this will help a lot
next up your of course your ears are
also very sensitive so having a toque on
like this that's what we call it here
there's all different kinds of styles
will help keep your
and head warmth but if you want to show
off your nice hairdo then you can wear
earmuffs like this and they help as well
another thing that I like to have with
me the whole time it's either a scarf or
a neck warmer because also helps to get
a heat trap so then he doesn't escape
and you feel warmer in the whole body so
these styles are more often used when
you're asking because then they don't
they want to wrap and sometimes are not
as as thick but still when you're going
down the steep hills with a queen it
just helps you to cover your face and if
you're still cold after all that then
your gloves are here tell them I love it
well before we get into these ones this
is called a balaclava so if you really
want to just keep all in one go easy you
only wear them skiing but you could wear
it anywhere you want it's like a toque
and a skirt together or I make varmint
together you look like you're gonna
probably go rob a bank but it does keep
everything more in one piece and after
all that it is still cold you can get
these little things called little
hotties or hotshots they like the other
name is that you open them and shake
them up they're warm for like an hour or
two and you can stick them in your shoes
and your clothes and the third tip is
material choosing the right material so
you feel comfortable the whole time
so for sure you want something that's
waterproof especially on your outer
layer and especially if you're going to
be spending time doing things like
skiing or any other outdoor sports of
water first jacket waterproof snow pants
and maybe even waterproof shoes another
material which is important especially
for your first layer is one
oh yes that's because they're much
better at retaining heat and getting dry
so that's definitely not where you want
to wear cotton is your first layer
because cotton Maxon retains moisture
and doesn't get dry so if you do sweat
but get wet or anything like that you'll
stay wet all day please send out our
great heat insulators which we like to
use in our second layer they're very
warm as you can see this is what this is
and they're very thin so they're not so
bulky and then same it down and you can
see here it's a very thin vest but it
keeps you very warm
the only thing we'd like to say about
that is just to make sure if you are
choosing down to go with something more
sustainable because cheaper products
tend to be made where they don't treat
the geese very well yeah so you can a
find a lot of products made of fleece
such as even Dukes and loft which I love
and for the down is mostly for jackets
this winter jackets especially if you're
looking for a very warm winter jacket
more in the casual side this is made of
down and I really like it because it
just gives me super warm if you're
looking for brand new clothes Walmart is
a pretty good options because they have
pretty nice low prices and you can find
a Walmart anywhere in Canada so let's
check some prices so here we have like
some nice jacket different materials
different thicknesses and this one this
point like look
very like well this one is kind of thing
but it's still like this one is 2997
which this jacket looks left it's me
like a like a kind of hot water with
this band it seems quite chunky to keep
you warm
this one is 74 97 coats for women for a
man for children and also they have some
access this one's $19 this one will be
more like when you're doing like so many
watersports of you want like more that
water-resistant a material and these
ones are only I worship right here
they're 17 dollars so it's really not
that I couldn't see any snow pants in
the women's section for this is the
men's section and here is some is no tax
so that's like the water-resistant
material that we told you about
they're only $34 here they also come at
a few options of kernels so they're only
ten dollars so what this one's I
remember why we talked about the
materials like about more polyester or
wool this ones are 60% cotton and 40%
polyester so most likely if you're doing
a winter sport like you know that you're
gonna be sweating maybe they're not the
best but as we mention if you're
planning just like to
visiting the CDs are working around in
the city probably this is a good option
just to have underneath your clothes and
to stay warm and now let's have a look
to some a winter shoes so they have
these boots which I think they're quite
nice they're actually pretty similar to
any other expensive brand and curators
that they're good to minus 20 and
there's $60 they have like all these
kind of like a like a rain boot and in
the inside they have something so as you
can see prices are not as expensive here
in watermark it's a pretty good option
if you want to save some money and
you're not thinking to wear them more
than hearing your collimation for higher
quality stuff a good place to come this
sport check they're all across Canada so
you'll easily find them the prices are
definitely higher than Walmart but not
all the time they have really good sales
here if you want super high quality
stuff for example Kelly Hansen's a
pretty high-end brand but you're gonna
be paying 450 dollars in this case but
it's a good place you'll find everything
here that you need there's snow pants
for example these are about $200 but it
goes but about a load put a hundred
bucks it's probably the lowest you'll
find but you could tell if you go to the
Walmart you'll see that these are much
thicker as you can see sometimes there's
really good deals on high quality stuff
- it's a bit thinner but its Columbia a
really good brand at $100 so here we are
at the thermals again the thermal
underwear as you saw in our and Walmart
they're about ten dollars here they're
70 we guarantee you they're much much
warmer so if you're gonna be outside
lots and especially doing sports and
want to make an investment
in your winter clothing this is a much
better choice so it's also a good place
to buy winter boot cambia brand as you
can see they have that silver lining
just like our thermal underwear so I'm
assuming they'd be quite worn there's
other brands like Sorel and stuff as
well these are on sale right now but
like 120 bucks maybe 150 probably
normally I got these ones and they were
on sale for $60 in their North Face so
you never know what you're gonna find
definitely higher quality and just as a
reference because I showed you the
winter with Sun warmer which were only
$60 so this is nasty Mary guy but it's a
brand name Sorrell and they're a hundred
and sixteen
however as Mac you mention quality it's
another good thing about the sport check
is you can buy equipment here as well as
you can see skis snowboard boots
Jukes everything you could pretty much
need for the winter and the nice thing
like I said is you'll find them all over
the place right now we're at weiners
which is pretty much and now let's store
where you can find my brand names and
save up to 60% but definitely this place
more when you're looking more for those
casual outer clothing so I love it
because they can vary they have very
trendy jacket and you can save lots of
money like so for example this one is a
Tommy Hilfiger which the arena original
prices here was $200 and it's down to
150 so you're saving $50 and there's so
many options however in these kind of
places you gotta be lucky you're gonna
be lucky to find what you're looking for
your size and something that you like
and same thing with issues you can find
more trendy winter shoes but as well
there's not many options here they go by
size and you may like one of these and
you may not so besides this in there's
other brands such as Marshalls and I'm
not sure if there's another one but
anyway if you're thinking on just going
around the cities I think this is a
pretty good
grandmother option and probably the
cheapest one is going to drift story
this is where you can find secondhand
options there's a variety of them this
one is the Salvation Army there's also a
Value Village and depending on where you
are there might be others of course the
only difficulty here is finding what you
need you never know what you're going to
find but it is very cheap so let's go
see what we can find
so we're here at the women Code section
and let's see with what we can find
so here is like an Under Armour ski
jacket which is only twenty dollars not
bad so here you can find all sorts of
friends sometimes brands that I didn't
even know they existed
Nike another style and it's $20 a little
bit smaller so as you can see it's just
like pick and choose there's different
colors different styles different brands
and you're looking at $20 on this I saw
some tooks over there for $4 and over
there I saw some a ski pants let's go
and check them out and look what I found
I actually found a cool ski suit like
jacket and matching pants and each of
them is $20 so see you can sometimes get
very good deals and if you like it and
if it fits you well it's pretty good so
now we're in the men's section I haven't
found anything I like but that's part of
the adventure coming to thrift stores
you might find something you love you
might not and the only other option we
can think of this too to rent stuff but
that's pretty hard we haven't found too
many options but if we do find anything
else after we post this video we'll
share it in the article we hope that you
found this video helpful and now it's
easier for you to know how to get
dressed for winter sale in Canada and
we're gonna have a written article as
well on the website and that way if we
find any new tips along the way we'll be
sure to add it there to help you out and
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