In ontario though winter basically stopped existing 10 years ago.

This aligns with my experience of winter in Toronto. Last year, iirc, we had one week that was absurdly cold, maybe 2 or 3 snow falls that were more than a few cm, and otherwise it was a low-precipitation 4.5 months of about -4 Celsius. Winter was more of an event in Toronto 20 years ago when I was a kid. Snowstorms that grinded the city to a halt weren't uncommon. Maybe this is hindsight bias, and I should look at some data to verify it.

That said, it's clear from others' posts that winter is different in other places in Canada - without going too far either, like Muskoka or Ottawa