English→Canadian English

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Canadian English sounds like itself in words such as toque, washroom, and hydro, alongside spellings like colour and centre.

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What locals actually say

¿Dónde está el baño?

Where’s the washroom?

Washroom is the everyday Canadian term where other varieties often say bathroom or restroom.

¿Trajiste tu gorro de invierno?

Did you bring your toque?

Toque is the Canadian word for a warm knitted winter hat.

Ya pagué la factura de la luz.

I already paid the hydro bill.

Hydro is commonly used in Canada for household electricity and the electricity bill.

Could you pick up some potato chips for the party?

Could you pick up some ketchup chips for the party?

Ketchup chips is a distinctly Canadian snack term, signalling the popular ketchup-flavoured chip variety.

We're visiting our relatives at the lake house this weekend.

We're visiting our relatives at the cottage this weekend.

Cottage commonly means a seasonal or vacation home in Canadian English, especially near a lake.

I'll organize the meeting and print the color handouts.

I'll organize the meeting and print the colour handouts.

Colour uses Canadian spelling, while organize keeps the Canadian preference for -ize in this word.

I'm really upset that the concert was cancelled.

I'm pretty choked that the concert was cancelled.

Pretty choked is a Canadian colloquial construction meaning very upset or disappointed.

Let's get a coffee on the way.

Let's stop for a double-double on the way.

Double-double is Canadian coffee-shop shorthand for a coffee with two creams and two sugars.

Notes like these come with every AIRTranslate translation, so you learn why locals phrase it that way as you go.

How Canadian English differs

Canadian English. Mixed spelling (colour, centre but organize), Canadian vocabulary (toque, hydro for electricity, washroom), metric units, polite friendly register.

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