Degrees NorthDressing for a Canadian winter

Winter clothing

Materials

What things are made of, and how long that lasts.

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Child's outstretched hand in a pale knitted glove dusted with snow, padded coat behind — A knitted glove crusted with snow shows how quickly loose-knit yarn soaks up wet weather.Photo: Shixart1985 · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons · Open source page

Museum case with a mannequin in a white snow camouflage smock beside racked rifles and grenades

Materials

Down fill power explained: what the number measures and what it leaves out

Down fill power explained as a loft measurement, why it does not describe warmth on its own, and what to read alongside it on a winter jacket label.

Updated 6/11/2026 · 6 min

Photo: Thomas Quine · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons