How Canadians measure

[Stopsignhank]

I saw this on Reddit and thought of all the Canadians that frequent this board. According to the responses this is accurate.

 

[sandorski]

Mixed accuracy. Over time Metric will become more used.

 

[Iron Woode]

It all depends on age. Those of us who are older will remember US measurements and also know of the metric system. Younger people will know the metric system far more.

Also, the mass section is missing food. It is usually advertised here in price per pound with metric in small print.

 

[iCyborg]

I'm a bit of special case, because I moved to Canada from Europe after college, so I'm all metric, and the only part that's true is "cooking" - I didn't cook as a kid or in college, and all the ovens and grills I've used in Canada were in F, so what you gonna do...

 

[sandorski]

I'm a bit of special case, because I moved to Canada from Europe after college, so I'm all metric, and the only part that's true is "cooking" - I didn't cook as a kid or in college, and all the ovens and grills I've used in Canada were in F, so what you gonna do...

Those must be ancient appliances.

 

[iCyborg]

Well, my building is 20 years old, so I assume the oven is from that time. As long as it works fine, I'm not buying a new one.

But e.g. a quick search: https://www.canadiantire.ca/en/pdp/...yer-convection-toaster-oven-0439587p.html#srp
It's a new toaster oven, and only F. You can check others, almost all have F only.
I can't find definite examples for conventional ovens since they tend to be digital, and while the images are in F, it might be selectable C/F, but, for example, mine is digital with no option for C. I've looked
Stuff like car dashboards can't be legally in mph (only), I'm guessing it's not mandatory for everything, and stuff from US will be in F.

 

[Denly]

Missing

Volume --> beer ---> yes --> Pint

Area ---> house ---> yes ----> sq ft
no -----> sq km

 

[bbhaag]

Hey...um...... guys I'm gonna go ahead and let you in on the secret. I think the chart was just a joke and not meant to be taken seriously..........

 

[sandorski]

Hey...um...... guys I'm gonna go ahead and let you in on the secret. I think the chart was just a joke and not meant to be taken seriously..........

Like I said, some of it is definitely accurate, at least for me.

 

[brianmanahan]

i think celsius would've been so much more useful if they made the boiling point of water 200 instead of 100

 

[sdifox]

i think celsius would've been so much more useful if they made the boiling point of water 200 instead of 100

Clearly someone that doesn't understand decimals.

 

[WelshBloke]

Missing

Volume --> beer ---> yes --> Pint

Do you use the US pint (about 470mls) or the UK one (about 570mls) in Canada?

 

[sdifox]

Do you use the US pint (about 470mls) or the UK one (about 570mls) in Canada?

568ml

still part of the Commonwealth

 

[WelshBloke]

568ml

still part of the Commonwealth

Can you go an have a word with the Australians about this please?

 

[sdifox]

Can you go an have a word with the Australians about this please?

your own fault for treating it as a penal colony

 

[WelshBloke]

your own fault for treating it as a penal colony

Ah, good point.
Although you'd think that they'd stick to a big pint in a country that hot where everything is trying to kill them.

 

[Denly]

Do you use the US pint (about 470mls) or the UK one (about 570mls) in Canada?

568ml

still part of the Commonwealth

We use UK Pint in bar? I assumed we ue US pint as all our craft beer can are US pint @ 473ml. That's f'd up lol

 

[sdifox]

We use UK Pint in bar? I assumed we ue US pint as all our craft beer can are US pint @ 473ml. That's f'd up lol

Cans are cans, beer glasses are beer glasses.

 

[WelshBloke]

We use UK Pint in bar? I assumed we ue US pint as all our craft beer can are US pint @ 473ml. That's f'd up lol

I suppose there's a lot of trade in cans going over the border, not so much beer in pint glasses though!

 

[WelshBloke]

How strict are you with booze measures in the pub there? Its proper serious business here if you short measure people, you're likely to get fined in the thousands and get shut down. And its pretty rigorously enforced as well!

 

[herm0016]

i agree with @brianmanahan C is not granular enough. Having worked in both metric and standard units in a job where it matters a great deal.

my truck is from Canada, it averages fuel mileage over 62 miles, ( 100 km) and the speedo goes to 200. it's hard to read a 1 mph difference, which is around the width of the indicator. the US one goes to 100 and has a separate scale for kph printed on it.

 

[Leymenaide]

The chart brings back memories. In the 80's when the metric conversion took place in Agriculture the Ag-Canada recommends, a roughly 100 page soft covered book published a conversion chart. When I visited a research station they would ask me to take a case of them to get to farmers. In those days I ran a lot of research trials . You guessed it. The conversion chart was bad. The panicked call came to bring back the books.

 

[WelshBloke]

i agree with @brianmanahan C is not granular enough. Having worked in both metric and standard units in a job where it matters a great deal.

my truck is from Canada, it averages fuel mileage over 62 miles, ( 100 km) and the speedo goes to 200. it's hard to read a 1 mph difference, which is around the width of the indicator. the US one goes to 100 and has a separate scale for kph printed on it.

Eh? Your truck measures speed in °C?

 

[herm0016]

paragraph breaks are so hard to understand. the speedo is half the sweep distance per mph as the US version, making it harder to read at a glance.

 

[sdifox]

How strict are you with booze measures in the pub there? Its proper serious business here if you short measure people, you're likely to get fined in the thousands and get shut down. And its pretty rigorously enforced as well!

Pint Or Punishment: This Law Can Fine Bars That Underpour

If a pub stiffs you, you can file a complaint with Measurement Canada.

m.huffingtonpost.ca

<---- This guy doesn't even drink.