10 Things Canadians Did To SURVIVE Winter In The 60s & 70s

Remember when winter wasn't just cold—it was something you had to engineer your way through? Picture this: a stiff orange extension cord dangling from your car's grille like frozen whiskers, a scratchy wool toque with a giant pom-pom leaving your forehead itchy and red, and plastic film crackling over your windows every time the furnace kicked in. This was Canada in the sixties and seventies. From Winnipeg parking lots where cars plugged in like hospital patients to backyard rinks flooded by hand at midnight, survival wasn't about toughing it out—it was about clever tricks passed down block by block. Today, we're diving into ten things Canadians did to survive winter in the sixties and seventies.