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How to measure things like a Canadian
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this post was submitted on 09 Sep 2026
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The U.S. has been on the metric standard since the late 1800s like every other western country (including Canada). It's populace uses the adjusted imperial units because the U.S. government didn't historically have the power to campaign for a change.