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In this video, we want to show you how life is like in the winter here in Canada.
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So cold!
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One of the things people ask us about all the time is how we survive the winters in
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Canada.
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It can get really cold up here depending on where you are.
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Where I grew up, we got as low as -50, I've heard of temperatures reaching -70 in the
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Arctic, and on average, we probably get -25, which is pretty cold, so people from warmer
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climates especially, always ask us how we survive.
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One of them is Karla's dad, he doesn't get how it works.
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How do the pipes not freeze?
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How do you stay warm at night?
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How do you get to work? and how we don't freeze just stepping out the door?
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Every house in Canada has a heater.
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That's how we make it through the winter time.
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This is the thermostat, which is how we control the heat.
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So even though the outside right now is -20, inside is +23, and the heat comes up through
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all of these vents that are all over the house and without them, I don't think we'd make
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it.
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Thanks to the heat, you can pretty much wear anything inside your house.
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You can even be naked and you're going to be nice and cozy.
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But when you go outside, you need to be prepared, so first thing, you need to have a nice jacket
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that keeps you warm.
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Most of the jackets are made with down because it's a good insulator, then you need a scarf
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to keep your neck warm and so the cold doesn't go in, and when it's very cold, you can cover
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your nose and mouth from the cold and wind.
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A toque and gloves.
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So, one of the first parts that get cold for you is your ears and your fingers.
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So it's nice to have them covered, and also your toes.
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So, if you can have winter shoes, that's the best.
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They're waterproof, so when there's snow outside, they don't get wet and then your feet get
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wet and cold.
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So that's nice.
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And for those days that are very, very, very cold, you just dress in layers.
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And some of those layers are like special underwear that have special technology to
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keep you warm as well.
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So, now that we're ready, we can take Maya for a walk.
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Maya is a rescue dog from Cuba, and even our doggies need a coat to keep themselves warm,
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isn't it Maya.
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It's cold, look.
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In Canada, we have to be prepared for the winter, so of course when it snows a lot,
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you wouldn't be able to get out of your house, you wouldn't be able to drive your car, so
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the city actually has special trucks that come and clear the snow, and then we're responsible
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for our own house, so this is called a shovel.
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Basically, you scoop up the snow like that and throw it to the side.
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That's how you get out of your house.
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And then, we're also responsible for the sidewalk in front of the house, so no one else slips.
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Then we have an ice-pick, so sometimes there's actually ice underneath the snow, so then
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you have to scrape it up like that.
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Sometimes you have a broom if you want to really be clean about it.
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And then if there's too much ice, we have salt or other kinds of chemicals, sometimes
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there are even lava rocks now, you put those down and that helps to melt the ice so you
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don't slip and fall.
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So, this is kind of like daily life in the winter time and especially when you own a
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house.
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Then you'll see here that we have a plug-in.
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Something we do here is we actually plug in the cars, this is just an extension cord,
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basically there's a plugin, we won't be able to find it right now because it's under the
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trunk, but you plug in the car and basically keeps the engine warm, otherwise sometimes
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when it gets -30 or -40, your car doesn't start.
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And then you're stuck, so that helps make that happen, and then of course, as you can
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imagine, sometimes you wake up to go to work in the morning and your car is covered in
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snow.
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So we just got a fresh snowfall and this is what the vehicle looks like in the morning.
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So it's not actually that cold today, it's probably +, I mean -5 or something, but this
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is what we gotta do in the mornings before going to work, or every time it snows.
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It's actually a lot of snow.
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Look at that.
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Is it heavy?
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No, it's like a light snow.
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So, show them the item that you remove the snow with.
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I think it's called a snow-brush.
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But it basically has one side for taking off the snow like I've been doing, and this one
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is if there's ice on the windshield, so on a colder day, you might get some ice so then
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you gotta shave the ice off, or else you can't see out of the windshield.
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Winter not only brings low temperatures but also a lot of fun activities.
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One of the things I love about winter is the snow!
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We hope you enjoyed this video and that we answered your question about what Canada is
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like in the winter time.
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If you have any other questions about Canada, please leave them in the comments below and
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we'll try to answer them.
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see you in the next video!