Hmmm I think I may have to conduct some sort of experiment once I have children...subject one too all things english sounding and another to all canadian.

Whoever earns the most after 25 years becomes my favourite

What I was referring to in Windsor is that where a street starts it starts at #1 on one side and #2 on the other...once that street meets a cross street it goes to #100 and #101 and then at the next street it goes #200 and #201. I have not noticed that anywhere else in Canada.

As well, I've noticed that in Windsor people are still more tuned into fahrenheit than celsius than other parts of Canada especially if they get a lot of their media from Detroit.

I do dispute the existence of a Canadian accent distinct from a US accent. Street numbering and footwear terminology are not national but regional, there's no 800 block in Compton.

Most places I've lived are like this.

Especially where streets are numbered. The 5700 block of Elbow drive for example would be the houses between 56th Ave and 57th Ave.

I use mainly fahrenheit in the GTA, I find it's convenient because that's what's shown on the neon signs on banks (e.g. TD Danforth and Coxwell) and factories (just west of the bottom on of 427). I note that my ex, a Swiss national, has taken up the use of farenheit to fit in with the kids, born here but well travelled. I can translate quickly, of course, the VW has a display in centigrade and I need to convert before knowing whether to sweat or shiver.

The point about the media coming from Detroit I don't think applies in the era of cable and satellite, we get TV from Manitoba and Washington State and radio from Shepherd's Bush.

Hadn't noticed that about the streets - will take note....

Music to DBD's ears....

I think that's partially true, though majority of people here would understand Celcius too - wheres you mention that to a yank and they'll look at you

The house numbers are odd on one side, usually the left as the numbers increase, even on the other. Under the new Emergency Code, the 911 thing, the numbers do not necessarily go 2,4,6,8 and so on. The number increases by one for every 10 meters of distance. Ergo if the distance between two houses was 40 meters the first one would be 1 (or 2) then the next number would be 5 (or 10). This is so that emergency services, ambulance, fire, police can locate the property from an address given in a phone call with a GPS and get there more quickly.

I wasn't aware of that in western parts of Canada....in Ontario, I've only really noticed it in Windsor.

That's about 33' innit? Tricky in cities where the houses are typically on 20' or 22' lots. I suppose they'll have to have irrational house numbers, "we live at root 57 Acacia Ave".

I don't know about that but all the blue and white numbers that you see, especially in rural areas, are all based on the 10 meter scheme.

This seems extremely unlikely since Canada only began official use of the metric system in the 1970s.

I very much doubt that, where we are lots were originally 400 acres and roads run at those boundaries, whatever the fire number scheme is, it's not metric. Can easily find out what it is, hang on...

Yes, I know it's only a brief time since metric was officially adopted but with real Cannuk efficiency we are "gettin''er done". Check out the 10m thing for yourself and disprove me LOL.

Definitely true in my bit of Nova Scotia. We are number 78. Next door is 90 something. We are on 1-2 acre lots.

Friend of ours live right out in the sticks in NB. You can guesstimate how far out of the village they are, by converting their house number to a distance.

Perhaps it used to be based on yards, back in the day

Try using phonetics when you give someone your postal code.

Say E as in echo.