The official Zone Map identifies climate zones across the country but certain areas within a zone may be different microclimates depending on a number of factors including wind and sun exposure. You may be able to create a small microclimate in your garden with mulches and other protective devices.
"Pushing the limit" is quite possible. Use the Zone map as a guideline only.
This vast daub by Environment Canada may be the latest in satelligte technology but it proves of little use to our tree customers, therefore we revert to the less nuanced but far more practical 1973 Ag Can map devised by plantsmen here on earth.