Canadian
Americanadjective
noun
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Canadians
plural
adjective
noun
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Etymology
Origin of Canadian
First recorded in 1560–70; Canad(a) + -ian; compare French canadien
Example Sentences
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He complained about Canadian banking laws and told a garbled story about some friend of his who supposedly couldn’t buy a Gulfstream jet in Canada.
From Salon ● Sep. 4, 2026
This marks a further elaboration from the Canadian leader on why negotiations suddenly broke down after officials just days earlier were optimistic that a deal was imminent.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026
The presenter has long said her dream guest, external would be Drake and fans will be speculating if she's managed to bag the Canadian rapper for one of her final episodes.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2026
Shvartsman, who is a Canadian citizen, also faced the prospect of deportation after his sentence.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 3, 2026
“We were hoping to see a mother and her cubs!” a Canadian woman said as they rolled back to town.
From "Two Degrees" by Alan Gratz
As a dual Canadian-American citizen I could imagine friendly Canadians and Americans agreeing jointly to such a plan.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 1, 2026
Canadians became outraged over the weekend as a number of companies and government organizations in Ontario and elsewhere displayed “Lake America” on their websites, as reported by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 1, 2026
"Canada is being tested in a changing world, and Canadians are up for it," he wrote.
From Barron's ● Sep. 1, 2026
In both of these misguided invasions, Americans convinced themselves that Canadians did not exist, at least not as a people or a nation with a shared collective identity.
From Salon ● Aug. 31, 2026
But we aren’t real Britons, because we are also Canadians.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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