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Standard Canadian English is the largely homogeneous variety of Canadian English that is spoken particularly across Ontario and Western Canada, as well as throughout Canada among urban middle-class speakers from English-speaking families, [1] excluding the regional dialects of Atlantic Canadian English.
"The Garden Province" [20] or "Canada's Green Province" (French: La province verte du Canada) – the former was used on its license plates from 1966 to 1972; the latter was used from 2007 to 2012. "Home of Anne of Green Gables" – formerly used on its license plates from 1993 to 1997; refers to the fictional rural hometown of the titular ...
The most widespread variety of Canadian English is Standard Canadian English, [8] spoken in all the western and central provinces of Canada (varying little from Central Canada to British Columbia), plus in many other provinces among urban middle- or upper-class speakers from natively English-speaking families. [9]
Canada goose: bernache du Canada poudrerie / rafale de (neige) blowing snow rafale de (neige) poudreuse pruche Eastern hemlock tsuga du Canada raquetteur snowshoer: celui qui fait des raquettes souffleuse snowblower chasse-neige In Quebec, un chasse-neige is a snowplow though the term charrue is mainly used for snow plow. suisse eastern chipmunk
A sweet carbonated beverage is commonly referred to as a "pop" in many parts of Canada, but in Montreal, it is a "soda" or "soft drink." [9] A straight translation of the French liqueur douce. A formation - this word in English would normally mean a routine stance used in a professional formation. (i.e. The men stood in formation).
Canada has ten provinces and three territories that are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution.In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North America—New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Province of Canada (which upon Confederation was divided into Ontario and Quebec)—united to form a federation, becoming a fully ...
Canadian provincial and territorial postal abbreviations are used by Canada Post in a code system consisting of two capital letters, to represent the 13 provinces and territories on addressed mail. These abbreviations allow automated sorting .
When used in this way, English Canada is often referred to as the "ROC" (rest of Canada). This type of usage excludes French-speaking areas in English-majority provinces like the East and North of New Brunswick , Northern and Eastern Ontario , Saint-Boniface and the few small pockets of French localities in Western Canada .