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Originally Posted by Erick Estrada
More snow yes but not as cold and they get real spring, real fall, and a nice hot summer. Come on man you need to do better than that as you think everyone here only knows Calgary? A lot of us do travel you know. I just had some engineers here from SNC in Toronto and they even think Calgary is cold.
On another note outside of the weather I find a lot of people from different parts of the world are surprised how early sunrise and late sunset is in the summer here.
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Fall in Michigan is about a week, maybe 2. Spring is about the same. The summers are better than Calgary, but the winters are much worse. No chinooks to thaw you out, much more snow, much more humidity which makes -10 feel like -30 and the same short days.
The fact of the matter is that the historic population centers in both Canada and the US have fairly close climates. The Toronto and Montreal areas aren't much different than the Northeast US, certainly not a degree that influences immigration patterns. Recent migration trends have shifted, but that's a very recent phenomenon. The US has seen more migration because it's a bigger country and has historically offered more opportunities. Canada is strong at the moment, but it's size still limits the number of opportunities on offer, even with the US economy struggling. Of all the things that influence overall immigration numbers weather is way down the list, remember most immigrants are moving somewhere because they want to, they're moving because they have to if they want to make a better life.