Hello, JJ,
Welcome to Susan's!
I'm not Canadian but I'm living in Canada and hope to go to Australia and settle in the warmth of the Northern Territory before I'm too old to enjoy it. Fifteen degrees south of the equator sounds about right to me.
I worked with a Scot who told me that the weather in Scotland is always cool and that at 20C there would be a heat emergency.
Enjoy the forums!
Wing Walker