Do they speak English in Canada?

Question

Hi. I'm from D.C. and am visiting Toronto next month. Do they speak English in Toronto or should I memorize a few phrases in the local language to communicate better? If so, what do Canadians speak? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

Answer 1

YEs as a independant commonwelath country of England

majority of places in Canada speak English its the main langugage !easily looked up as well

Answer 2

lol Of Course we do! Its one of our Main Languages! Toronto is an English speaking city, as most of Canada is an English speaking country, so no worries there.

Answer 3

Yes here is a "phrase" you should learn.....how 'bout a brewski.

LOL

Answer 4

lolll im canadian and yes they speak english just like you do !=)

and people think we say aboot instead of about its just that americans have a stronger "A" then us because it developed from the south (of u.s)

you'll be fine:)

Answer 5

Are you joking? Of course people in Toronto speak Torontonesian. It is a combination of Pekinese and the Uruguay language. The rest of Canada speaks Yiddish.

Answer 6

Canadians speak Esperanto as their primary language except those in Quebec who speak Mandarin but with a different accent than you'd find in China. Typically Canadians will be able to speak English so you should be able to get by.

Here are a few helpful phrases if you want to impress your hosts:

"Please take me to my hotel" - Gheenaj takk tonar reencha haraka.

"How much is that?" - Spaceeba shaken to hoken?

"I'm not from around here." - I'm an American that really doesn't understand how the world works so wind up asking stupid questions about things that are rather obvious.

In other words, Canadians speak English unless you go to Quebec in which case they speak primarily French.

Answer 7

Yep we speak English as a first language in Toronto,Ontario. Do you speak English in D.C ? If you don't then you will need a dictionary "your local language to English" cause we speak English only.

Answer 8

they speak canadianese, its super hard to understand or learn. good luck trying to talk to them.

Answer 9

Yes.

iN Other Parts They Speak French,

Some Of Them Have Slang For Words Lyke A Nappy=Diaper .

Answer 10

Yes, they speak English in Canada as well as French. Western Canada was settled by the British and Eastern Canada was settled by the French. They speak English across the country though. You should be fine. Have fun!

Answer 11

yes and french

Answer 12

Toronto is a bilingual city (majority English) then I think that it's better to know some sentences with the local language!

http://www.toronto.ca/

Answer 13

If you are visting Toronto the main language is English. But because there are so many immagrants people speak a vast variety. The second language is french. But that is mostly found in Quebec. In B.C lots of people speak chinese.

Canada varies greatly.

US-----------------------CANADA

SODA-------------------POP

http://www3.telus.net/linguisticsissues/...

p.s are you joking?

Answer 14

They speak english, but they also speak french and inuktitut in the North

I suggest you learn few phrases in all those languages, be careful everything is going to be in english or french, so in order to read both versions you need to know both languages

Answer 15

We speak english  just like you  There is no local language

Answer 16

Uhh, are you serious? We speak English. French is spoken in the province of Quebec.

We write using British English. So words like "colour", "favourite" and "centre" may look foreign to you.