Unless you've lived in MN or upstate NY-VT you really don't have any idea what the cold is like in Canada. MD, even as far north as PA, is super mild by comparison. You might get a few sub 20 weeks, but it's not bone chilling snot freezes in your nose, cold for months on end.
Aside from that, your entire post reeks of grass is greener syndrome. It's just like anyplace else, if there wasn't a border it'd be hard to tell where NY ended and Ontario started.
Exactly. Only those limited few know cold. Everyone else is an asshole.