Now I will talk about the Standard Canadian English, its history and comparison to Standard American

English. Standard Canadian English is the general accent used in almost all Canada, with the exception
of Quebec, where French is more widely used. Canada has 35million population that has a big contrast
with its neighborhood, the US, with a 329million population. Around Canada there many accents as well,
but the Standard Canadian English is the generalized one; it is similar to Standard American but has some
features that make the difference.

Canadian English is the product of waves of settlers from Britain and France, and British and Irish
immigration over a period of almost two centuries. The first large wave of permanent English-speaking
settlement in Canada is from the original settlers from Britain, who claimed Canada as British territory.

Another influence to the language was from the British Loyalists escaping from the American Revolution,
chiefly from the middle Atlantic states, they stablished in the western side of Canada what today is Ontario.

The last wave that greatly influenced the language, was from Britain and Ireland when people were
encouraged to settle in Canada after the War of 1812 by the governors of Canada, who were worried about
anti-English sentiment among its citizens. Also, to a lesser extent, the language was somewhat more so
influenced in pronounciation in the Maritimes due to the Irish Potato famine, which had massive emigration
from Ireland to the Atlantic coast areas of Canada and The United States.

Even though there were many influences into the Canadian English, it is said that the group who has the
biggest influenced in the development of this type of English were the British Loyalists.

There are mainly 4 features that distinguishes Canadian English from American English:

Canadian Raising:

Vowel Shift:

Exclamation, eh?!:

Vocabulary: