Really nice picture and explanation! Next week we are flying to BC to travel around for one month and find out if it would be a nice place to live ;) So cool the Northern Lights are also visible in Canada. We have seen them many times this winter in Norway, does it happen a lot?
Which part of BC are you traveling to? It happens as often as it does in Norway (as its a global phenomenon) but it depends on the location you are as to how frequently you can see it with your eyes. Obviously most of the people in Canada are living at much lower latitudes than in Norway, however this is compensated somewhat but Canada's proximity to the North Magnetic pole which is shifted South from the physical pole and lies somewhere slightly west of Baffin island. BC is quite west of the magnetic pole so the oval starts to swing up and you need to be in the North of BC or the Yukon. If you travel east you can be at lower latitudes. Yellowknife has the best of both worlds and is a very reliable place to see an aurora in late autumn or winter. They have some resorts up there with the clear domes similar to what you see in Scandinavia.
Nice, did not know that! We will drive a RV, so we were sort of free to roam, but our main focus was going to be fernie, Revelstoke etc, the resorts. Cheers
Nice. If you get to Northern BC let me know and I can give you a few tips.