Norway is a LOT warmer than prairie Canada. You want an equivalent, go maybe 600km north. heh. (not entirely a joke. Mind as far as I can tell, typical North Pole weather is also warmer than Saskatchewan winters, so ... weather is weird)
I know the Antarctic is typically a lot colder, though.
Siberia is a FAR better comparison than China. Among many other reasons, most of the prairies are similarly arid, and temperatures are definitely similar. Similar range of climates too (Siberia's got people a lot more spread out though).
Harbin is north of Vladivostok you know? But yah, Yakutsk is where you can’t turn your car off in the winter (well, they have auto start and stop now to keep the engine from freezing, no power outlets like in Fairbanks for block heaters) and often have to encase the whole car in a warming sock (which is exactly how you imagine it). Yakutsk is east of Siberia in the Saka republic though, the closest comparable city in Siberia is Norilsk (not as cold or populous as Yakutsk).
Yakutsk sounds similar to where I live now. Mind ... a lot of the Canadian prairies are "empty" (not really, lots of farms... but not a lot of cities that aren't close to the US border). Similar weather at least.
Yakutsk is the coldest city in the world. But cities like harbin and Mohe in China get really really cold for their latitudes, Harbin is on par with Winnipeg:
> Harbin's winter temperatures are closest to Winnipeg, Manitoba. Both cities are known for having extremely cold, dry, and windy winters due to their inland locations, with average January temperatures in both cities often falling in the range of -15°C to -20°
Mohe is worse:
> Mohe, China—known as "China's Arctic" with winter temperatures often dropping to -40°C or lower—has a winter climate most similar to Canada's coldest northern or subarctic communities, such as Yellowknife, Northwest Territories.
They both have EVs and used by Chinese EV companies for winterized testing.
I know the Antarctic is typically a lot colder, though.