Canadian

American  

[kuh-ney-dee-uhn] / kəˈneɪ di ən /

adjective

1. of Canada or its people.

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noun

1. a native or inhabitant of Canada.

Canadian British  

/ kəˈneɪdɪən /

adjective

1. of or relating to Canada or its people

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noun

1. a native, citizen, or inhabitant of Canada

Other Word Forms

• anti-Canadian adjective
• pro-Canadian adjective
• pseudo-Canadian adjective
• trans-Canadian adjective

Etymology

Origin of Canadian

First recorded in 1560–70; Canad(a) + -ian; compare French canadien

Example Sentences

It would be harmful for Canadian producers of competing heavy oil, he said.

From MarketWatch

Energy stocks also added momentum as oil held firm and investors rotated back into Canadian resource names.

From The Wall Street Journal

Canadian jobs data for December are due on Friday and will be scrutinized for signs of how the jobs market is holding up.

From The Wall Street Journal

The coming-of-age survival thriller is about a championship high school soccer team whose plane crashes into the remote Canadian wilderness where they are stranded for 19 months.

From Los Angeles Times

Canadian officials discovered he lied on his entry papers and deported him in 1991.

From BBC