Thanks!

I've driven in snow before but not THIS kind of snow. :-) Our plan is definitely to pull over, not drive in storms, and just take it easy. We're leaving ourselves plenty of time just in case we have to spend an extra day waiting for roads to be drivable. My wife says there are parts of Northern Ontario which may be snowed in for a day or two while crews work through it. But of course the Trans Canada should be better than the side roads.

Question:

Is our timeframe (Feb & March) notably worse weather-wise than it is right now, or would a "practice drive" to say Kamloops or Revelstoke this month give us a good idea of whether or not we want to make this trip by truck?

Yeah the U.S. thing won't work because of immigration. If I leave the country before my application is approved, I am at risk of being denied reentry. The actuality of this was tested a few months ago, when we accidentally crossed the border into Alaska (it's REALLY easy to miss the border crossing up there!) and by the time we realized we had left Canada and turned around, we were far enough out that Canada wouldn't let me back in. They held us for hours, searched our vehicle, and both my wife and I had to endure interviews to prove we were legitimate. It was actually quite scary, because they very well could have sent me out of Canada and then my wife would somehow have had to get home from the Yukon herself -never mind the stress of them sending her husband away! I have a feeling much of the reason they let me back into the country was because they didn't want to leave my wife and our two dogs stranded.