# Note to visiting American friends: Canada uses metric

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-visiting-american-friends-canada-uses-metric/955038
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [November 27, 2021, 11:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-visiting-american-friends-canada-uses-metric/955038 "2021-11-27T23:47:44Z")
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### Author: ![Keeve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f07891/32.png) [@Keeve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Keeve)
#### Post date: [November 29, 2021, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/note-to-visiting-american-friends-canada-uses-metric/955038/56 "2021-11-29T02:50:09Z")

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I (from New Jersey) visited Ontario 10 years ago, and was surprised to find that the supermarket produce was priced in pounds (though kg was also on the sign in a smaller font). So I started a thread here asking about it. If anyone wants to compare the posts on this thread with the posts from ten years ago, click [here.](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/price-of-produce-in-canadian-supermarkets-english-vs-metric-units/593704)

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