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

Visits by Canadians, for whom only November data is available, were 16.7% lower.

From The Wall Street Journal

Canadian manufacturers’ activity picked up for a second straight month in February, with conditions buoyed by rising volumes of new work and a rise in employment, data showed Monday.

From The Wall Street Journal

"There has been more engagement between the Canadian and Indian governments in the last year than there has been in more than two decades combined," Carney said in New Delhi, in a speech alongside Modi.

From Barron's

"There has been more engagement between the Canadian and Indian governments in the last year than there has been in more than two decades combined," he said.

From BBC

When Blue Owl sold $1.4 billion in tech-heavy private loans last month to cash out fleeing investors, the buyers were California’s $600 billion worker pension fund, two Canadian retirement funds and a Chicago area insurer.

From The Wall Street Journal