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

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 • May 21, 2021

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 • May 21, 2021

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 • Jan. 14, 2021

In fact, the accent was Standard Canadian English.

From Washington Post • Nov. 12, 2018

Some thought that, under a Protestant sovereign, the Canadian English possesion.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various