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Canadian English (CanE, CE, en-CA) encompasses the varieties of English used in Canada. According to the 2016 census, English was the first language of 19.4 million Canadians or 58.1% of the total population; the remainder spoke French (20.8%) or other languages (21.1%).
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Canada is a country in North America. Its ten provinces and...
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Standard Canadian English is the largely homogeneous variety...
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Canadian English is the type of English that is used by Canadians. It is like American English in terms of vocabulary, but its grammar is like that of British English. Canadian English is generally taught in schools using British ways of spelling, such as colour, flavour, and so on.
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- 19.4 million in Canada (2011 census), about 15 million, c. 7 million of which with French as the L1
I started creating the table below by referring to Writing Tips Plus, The Canadian Press Stylebook and The Canadian Press Caps and Spelling before referring to Editing Canadian English, which has the most information. The table highlights the nine areas where Canadian, British and American spellings are most likely to vary.
Word FamilyCanadian Oxford SpellingConcise Oxford (british) SpellingMerriam-webster (american) SpellingWords with -our or -orlabour honour humour laborious honorary ...labour honour humour laborious honorary ...labor honor humor laborious honorary ...Words with -re or -ercentre fibre sombre meter (device) metre ...centre fibre sombre meter (device) metre ...center fiber somber meter (all uses)Words with -yze, -yse, -ize or -ise and ...analyze paralyze organize analysis ...analyse paralyse organise analysis ...analyze paralyze organize analysis ...Words with -ce or -sedefence offence licence (noun) license ...defence offence licence (noun) license ...defense offense license (noun and verb) ...People also ask
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Standard Canadian English is the largely homogeneous variety of Canadian English that is spoken particularly across Ontario and Western Canada, as well as throughout Canada among urban middle-class speakers from English-speaking families, excluding the regional dialects of Atlantic Canadian English.
English is one of Canada’s two official languages. According to the 2016 Canadian census, English is the mother tongue of approximately 19.5 million people...
