Canadian English

Canadian English - encompasses the varieties of English native to Canada.

According to the 2016 census, English was the first language of 19.4 million
Canadians or 58.1% of the total population; the remainder spoke French
(20.8%) or other languages (21.1%).In Quebec, 7.5% of the population
are anglophone, as most of Quebec's residents are native speakers of Quebec
French.
English is the majority language in every Canadian province and territory except
Quebec (which has a French-speaking majority) and Nunavut (which has an Inuit
language majority who speak Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun). Canadian does exist as a
separate variety of English, with subtly distinctive features of pronunciation and
vocabulary. It has its own dictionaries.
The Canadian accent – or accents, since there is a bit of variation across the country
(and much more in Newfoundland) and a larger amount across socioeconomic levels
– has a few signal features, and they, too, trace partly to the US and partly to Britain.
The best-known feature is ‘Canadian raising’, which affects two specific diphthongs
before voiceless consonants.
 Distinguishing features

The standard stereotype among Americans is that Canadians are like

Americans, except they say ‘eh’ a lot and pronounce ‘out and about’ as
‘oot and aboot’. Many Canadians, on the other hand, will tell you that
Canadian English is more like British English, and as proof will hold aloft
the spellings colour and centre and the name zed for the letter Z. Canadian
does exist as a separate variety of English, with subtly distinctive features
of pronunciation and vocabulary. It has its own dictionaries.
Also possibly influenced by French is the Canadian eh. French Canadians use hein
(also colloquially spelled han) in most of the same kinds of places English Canadians
use eh, and they use it more. The eh of Canadian English is not a Canadian invention;
it is used in England and elsewhere, but it is used in more different ways in Canada,
notably as an emphatic and to maintain conversational involvement.
If you put an average Canadian and an average American in the same
room, you may not pick up on the subtle differences between their
accents—especially if the American was from one of the northern states
near the Canadian border—like Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota—
where Americans tend to emphasize their vowels.
 Spelling
You may notice that Canadian English prefers to
use “ou” in words like “humour” and “behaviour”
as well as flipping the American use of “er” to
“re” in certain words like “theatre” and “centre.”
Canada isn’t alone in preferring these spellings.
British spellings of these words are taught across
most of the world.
Vocabulary
Though Americans and Canadians easily
understand one another, there are a few
vocabulary differences that cause some
confusion. It’s worth a mention that, though
American and Canadian currency are both
counted in dollars, they each refer to their
currency in slang terms using animals native to
their respective countries.
Units of measurement
The United States uses its own customary system of
units. Canada, like most of the world, officially uses
the metric system.
That does not, however, always transfer into practice,
especially in everyday conversation
Phrasing
We cannot discuss the difference between American
and Canadian English without touching on question
tags. Like nearly all languages across the world,
Canadians and Americans both use question tags.
French influence
It’s important to note that both English and French
are listed as official languages of Canada; some parts
of Canada mainly use Canadian French. Surprisingly,
this hasn’t affected Canadian English much outside
of those regions. Even within those areas, its
influence is limited to personal preference.