Welcome to the Canadian Snowbird. If you are already one, you know what the term means. If you aren’t, a Canadian Snowbird is a Canadian citizen that heads South for an extended period of time each year to escape the gray, the dirty white, the insane driving, the freezing rain and the often bitter, sub-zero and miserable cold of a typical Canadian winter.
Those of us of a certain age are really keen about heading south, as we know that winter leads to snow and ice on the sidewalks and driveways, our balance may be a bit off as we get older, and now, if we fall… we break! 🙂
Help Fast-Tracking Your Snowbird Plans
This site was created to allow others interested in becoming snowbirds a fast-track to information and to perhaps bypass some of the hurdles that can present themselves and we overcame as you prepare for your extended Snowbird stay in a warmer climate.
Help others! Your Comments & Advice are Welcome!
Many of the pages are crafted to allow comments and suggestions from other Canadian Snowbirds. We welcome their input, their experiences and their stories on the appropriate pages of this information website.
C’mon, join the ranks and fly South each year to escape what always seems to be the endless Canadian winter.
Our Canadian health insurance cost for my husband is getting ridiculous, it’s going to stop us being able to enjoy our winters. As I am 8 years younger it’s a bit of a blow. His condition has been stable for years
Hi there. Us too. The big impendiment for missing winter for us is the cost of insurance for both of us. I’m the reverse, older than my partner, and my travel insurance premiums are a huge factor each year that decides for us if we can still go or not. The insurance companies are profit oriented, and as such, will charge what the market will bear. The increasing numbers of retired Snowbirds ensure that this will continue as there is more demand than reputable providers. Oh well, we went into this knowing that one day it would have to end. Just not today! 🙂