Canadian-US Differences & Relations

[Taualumna]

Originally Posted by PiKA2001

Don't forget bathroom/washroom.

Also, keeping up with the military ranks, how do Canadians pronounce Colonel. In the states its kernel.

I use bathroom/washroom interchangably...with a preference for "bathroom"

[bcdphie]

Originally Posted by Taualumna

I think BC and Quebec (and parts of Ontario--Kingston and York Region elementary schools are K-8) are the only provinces where junior highs are rare. I know that in Alberta and in the east, elementary is K-6, Middle (or junior high) is 7-9 and high school is 10-12. My cousins from Alberta thought it was weird that Ontarians are in high school for 4 years (9-12).

Junior high used to exist in parts of Greater Vancouver until the early 90's, and highschool was just grade 11/12. Then they merger junior high and high, so now all high schools are grades 8-12.

In the BC private school system, we refered to primary/elementary school as Junior School and high school as Senior School. Not sure if that is the same for the rest of the country.

[Taualumna]

Originally Posted by bcdphie

Junior high used to exist in parts of Greater Vancouver until the early 90's, and highschool was just grade 11/12. Then they merger junior high and high, so now all high schools are grades 8-12.

In the BC private school system, we refered to primary/elementary school as Junior School and high school as Senior School. Not sure if that is the same for the rest of the country.

Some Ontario private schools do the same. Others have "lower school" for the elementary grades and "upper school" for the senior grades. Many also have a "middle school" which is a division of the senior/upper school (usually grades 7 and 8, though some schools, especially those that start at the higher elementary grades, have middle schools that start as young as Grade 5)

[RU OX Alum]

It can vary by county or by state, but here we had elemetary K-5, Middle 6-8 and high school was 9-12