Ah, one of the perks of living close to the lake means a lot less snow and generally warmer temps than even those in the GTA closer to the 401 or the northern suburbs because of the moderating influence of the "lake effect"....most of the snow typically drops further north and west in the "snow belt" (London thru Kitchener), or on Syracuse/Rochester/Buffalo on the other side of the lake instead

. I heard Huntsville (only about 2 hours north) has 40" of snow whereas ours mostly melted right away after it fell and/or partially fell as rain. Although the last 2 winters were bad here, there have been quite a few winters where we had to shovel only once or twice, and rarely needed to wear snow boots.
Hanover is I believe actually both further north than Toronto and also much, much higher elevation.