https://weather.gc.ca/canada_e.html
https://weather.gc.ca/data/wxoimages/wocanmap0_e.jpg
While Vancouver and Victoria (V&V) are cooler than Toronto and Montreal during the hot summers, its the opposite for the winter. Of course the urban infrastructure is so scaled back in V&V, because of a reluctance to think and build BIG.
https://www.mapfight.xyz/compare/british.columbia-vs-ch BC has yet to reach a similar population of Switzerland. Yet, BC is about 23 time larger in area and mostly wilderness. BC is 75% mountainous, but mountains haven't stopped other places around the world from developing.
At best, BC only have about a half-dozen
