As fans of “Degrassi,” poutine, and aggressive politeness are aware, the Canadian accent is very similar to the American one—particularly the Upper Midwestern region (you betcha!).

Do your impression of a Californian accent. Now do your impression of a Canadian accent. From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered ...

On The Gist, what’s all this a’boot the shifting Canadian accent? We speak with sociolinguist Paul De Decker. Plus, Douglas Birch from the Center for Public Integrity explains why South Africa ...

He discovered that US hockey players borrow certain aspects of the Canadian English accent, particularly when it comes to hockey jargon. But they don't follow the typical rules of pronunciation.

Their pseudo-Canadian accent might be a mechanism for the Americans to indicate their identity as hockey players in a sport heavily dominated by Canadians. As a hockey player, Andrew Bray was ...

It's not uncommon to speak English with a non-local Canadian accent, but people who come from other countries still face judgment for the way they speak. That was the experience of Valerie ...