A fun fact that usually trips people up is that the southern most point in Canada[1] is actually as far south as the North end of California.
It doesn't make a lot of sense to compare latitudes of different areas of the world (I know, you did say 'fun fact', I'm referring more to the article). In CA we have a Mediterranean climate that lets me run around in t-shirts and shorts in the middle of winter. North of Cleveland (Pelee)? Not so much. I lived just off the Canadian border over in that area once. Once.
Being on the Pacific coast it's a much milder climate than the US East Coast. Being right to Seattle it's basically the same climate.
What I initially found more confusing were climate patterns, thanks to the coastal effects on the west coast.
Gotta love geography!