It's mostly just in Latin American varieties of Spanish and Portuguese. In conversational European Spanish/Portuguese (and pretty much every other language on E

It's mostly just in Latin American varieties of Spanish and Portuguese. In conversational European Spanish/Portuguese (and pretty much every other language on Earth) American is the standard demonym for people of the United States. But most importantly, this is a discussion in English about Canada, and Canadians (both English and French speaking) would object to being called Americans.