We had a coldwave in Québec which reached -44 at its highest. With windchill mind you, the actual temperature was -33 or something. In Manitoba, they had it even worse, it was all over the news and shit.
One thing I can tell you, is that if with this cold, comes a lot of snow, be prepared for the city not being able to deal with the amount, if they usually don’t have to. Few years ago it snowed a lot in France, and my grandmother there told me that plows were all out of whack, traffic was crap and all, because people there just aren’t used to this. Schools and a lot of work places closed down due to like, 10 centimeters of snow. Same happened to England.
Here in Québec we’re more than used to it, but it even made the news during last week’s coldwave that people just weren’t as active as usual. People just wanted to stay in.
I did all my shit as I usually do though, cuz I love Winter.