Canadian English

American  

noun

1. the English language in any of the varieties spoken in Canada.

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Canadian English British  

noun

1. the English language as spoken in Canada

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Example Sentences

Known in Canada as the “Word Lady,” Ms. Barber devoted the better part of her professional life to collecting and cataloguing the manifold words and idioms that make Canadian English different from the language as it is spoken in England and the United States.

From Washington Post

She had trained in translation and lexicography — the practice of compiling dictionaries — when Oxford University Press hired her in 1991 to oversee the publication of a new reference guide to Canadian English.

From Washington Post

Ms. Barber once remarked that her purpose in life was “to convince people that there is more to Canadian English than ‘eh.’

From Washington Post

“I had a whole life planned ... and then after the Olympics I’d finally go home, and I’d start a new life,” said a Canadian English teacher in southwestern Japan, 36, declining to be named citing sensitivities around his work situation.

From Reuters

Between 1860 and 1881, at least 5,260 Irish women were imprisoned in Toronto – almost double the combined number of Canadian, English and Scottish women jailed during that time.

From The Guardian