3 ms·

It is the same in Canada. F.e. Supermarkets advertise the price per pound (presumptively because it is smaller)

• Symbiote 10y ago
  American influence on Canada means they have oven temperatures in Fahrenheit, recipes in cups, American paper sizes, furniture and buildings in inches etc. Britain has all of this in metric; the beer, road signs and casual (non-medical) body measurements are the only exceptions.
  • jwalton 10y ago
    Ontario build code is hilarious. For example, table 9.23.10.1 specified the size and spacing of studs in walls. For interior walls, the maximum stud spacing is 406mm on center, and minimum stud size is 38x38mm. If you didn't know this was 16" on center, and 2x2 framing, you'd think some mad drunk person had come up with these numbers. I also like to imagine building inspectors walking into a building and saying "Oh, these studs are 407mm apart. Tear the building down."
  • tonyarkles 10y ago
    And in official government communication, it is nominally metric, but you'll see things in e.g. building codes like "hallways must have a width exceeding 914mm", which is really just 3 feet.