Canada

Frozen? Yes

Shithole? Absolutely not!

What part of Ontario are you talking about? Did you not get any of the ice storms last year? Ottawa was hit with 38.mm of freezing rain just back in April.

IIRC a lot of people were stuck at home around the holidays, too. At some points the snow was blinding. I agree that there is less snow overall through. It's sad to see.

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

That Ontario (southern Ontario, no less) blizzard last winter season sure seemed like winter. Is that summertime weather to you?