In southern Canada, dealing with snow is pretty straightforward: the snowplows are active round the clock, and there's often sidewalk clearing as well if there's a particularly heavy snowfall. Most homeowners have a snowblower, a variety of shovels and salt, so clearing snow is a 10-15 minute routine that you do before you get out in the morning or when you come back at night.

Interestingly, while it seems Europe has been pounded by winter weather this year, southern Ontario has been mostly unscathed. 2009 marked the first time that Toronto has not had any snow in November since 1937.