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Canada is a very large country, with a huge number of microclimates that impact what will do well and what will fail.
Here is some general cold-climate advice:
Add new seed to your lawn every springtime. Buy whatever your local horticulture shop / garden center recommends for your soil type. Aerate your soil every summer. Also, when you mow, make sure that organic matter makes it back into the lawn, with a mulching mower or a compost system. Autumn is one of the many times to fertilize. Before the first snow, spread out some manure and cover lower 2 inches of stems of fragile perennials with a layer of straw, hay, or mulch. Do ask local people what they do for their lawn.
My favorite weed killers are my hands. Weeding by hand may seem a futile effort at first, but it works well and is an excellent work-out. Gardening gloves were designed for this, they'll give you extra grip. My father has purchased a number of handy weeding tools - dandelion pullers and the like. I don't much care for them, but he swears by them. The biggest trick with weeds is making sure you pull them up completely, including their roots.
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