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Sounds like it’s owner!!

By the time you have put chains on here the snow has gone.

I’ve got an AWD Volvo XC60. It’s a great car and despite having no winter tyres on it, it’s absoltuely fine in a decent amount of snow, even on reasonably steep hills. If I was permanently at the house in Cumbria, I’d fit it out with winter tyres every year.

This is my Outlander Hybrid, it has a permanent 4wd system with an electronic diff lock equivalent. As you can see it can handle even the most rugged of conditions and the deepest snow imaginable. I will be changing it shortly, probably for a Ford Ranger WIldcat Pickup that also comes with 4wd but this is selectable between 2 & 4wd. Previously I owned a Subaru Forester that was also a permanent 4wd and had a selectable High or Low range gear box but no diff lock. We drive mainly European or Far Eastern cars over here, most of which google reveals to be available in Canadia as well so I would imagine any variant available there is available here.

Despite what Audi might have you believe, 4WD isn't all that new...

You might need to qualify what the difference is, in Canadian, between all-wheel and 4-wheel drive. As for tyre chains and tyre socks, yes you can buy them in the UK, but they are not widely needed. And an Ice Speedway rider might look at that picture and say (Crocodile Dundee-style) "those aren't spikes, mate; these are spikes".