English Canadian
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of English Canadian
First recorded in 1810–20
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Maclean’s magazine called it “a whimsical swirl of opera, hockey and romance that busted open the narrow horizons of English Canadian cinema.”
From New York Times ● Jan. 24, 2010
It was adapted into an English version by a team of English Canadian catechists who have now joined their French brothers in the writing of grades 4, 5 and 6.
From Time Magazine Archive
As far as U.S. influence is concerned, I would go further than your Essay and say that there is no visible, or even perceptible, difference between an American and an English Canadian.
From Time Magazine Archive
As in the courts of law and in the legislature, so it was in social and everyday life, the French Canadian was in direct antagonism to the English Canadian.
From Lord Elgin by Sir John George Bourinot
On that question the Hon. W. L. Mackenzie King supported Sir Wilfrid Laurier in his opposition to compulsory service, being one of the few English Canadian Liberals to do so.
From Canada by Sir John George Bourinot
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