Well, the NS has its bit of bad weather but it depends what you mean "Hard IFR". As dk said, JAR ops minimas are slightly higher than yours in Canada. Fog, BR, HZ and DZ are typical summer stuff while +SNRASH and ice are now becoming quite normal as winter is roling in.
All flights are IFR flights but a guestimate would be 20% IFR approaches while the rest starts out as IFR appr. and turns in to visual approaches.
How is it in Canada, and what kind of Radar do you use to get as close as 1/4 of a mile?
Do you use DGPS or Rnav?
Is GPS approved as primary IFR nav.aid?
