Canada is a land of abundance - we're famous for it. To the west there's the fertile prairie and to the east an ocean crowded with fish - and altogether we've got more open space than any other country except Russia. We have something else too, something that immigrants may have never seen: snow. In Toronto we avoid the worst of it, but in places like Nunavut or Labrador winter can be a seven or eight month affair. Still, if you haven't seen snow before then any is a lot and although it may be difficult to believe it at first, there are plenty of good ways to take advantage of the Canadian winter.