What are the most popular books in Canada? We asked 144 Canadian readers what genre of books they read in 2022 and what they plan to read in 2023. Here are the Canadian book reading statistics from the survey results.

We wanted to know what, how and how much people were reading. So, we asked 945 readers in 56 countries about their book reading habits. This is what the 144 Canadian participants told us.

• Click here for the global book reading data from all 56 countries.
• Click here for the book reading data from just the United States.

Reading is alive and well. People around the world responded to our book reading survey, and they shared the details of the books they read and how they read them. Here are some of the key findings of the Canadian participants. [Read more…]

Want to communicate with Canadians? Here are the top 10 tips to write for a Canadian audience.

English is not just one language. There are many versions and dialects. In particular, people around the world tend to speak British English or American English. Not so in Canada.

Canadian English is a hybrid of three influences:

1. Its original British roots
2. The cross-border flow of books and movies from the USA
3. The French partnership in this bilingual country

The result is a language that seems to be a cross between UK and USA English, with a few anomalies of its own.

If you plan to write for a Canadian audience, here are a few guidelines that will help you not look like too much of a fool. [Read more…]

What do Canada’s most-used passwords tell about Canadians? Maybe you had better ask Tiffany.

What is the most common password in Canada? You might be surprised to know that it’s not “password”. In fact, “123456” beats out password by a notch, according to this study by Nordpass.

What is interesting, though, is that using “password” as a password is a somewhat Canadian thing, as it ranks fourth elsewhere in the world. The list of top 50 Canadian passwords is below, and some of them are perplexing.

To be sure, the first seven make sense, and are pretty much what you might expect – various versions of qwerty, 123s and ABCs. But then we hit #8: [Read more…]

How important is our choice of words? Let’s see what Twitter says. A study of 40 million tweets reveals the true nature of being a “nicer” Canadian.

Be careful about the words you use. Those words tell a lot about you. But it’s not just about you, the individual. Words can tell a lot about national character, as well.

Canadians often take great pride in being “nice”, especially in contrast to our American neighbours (who presumably are “less nice”?).

But is our self-perception true? Or is it just fake news? [Read more…]

Want to write better Canadian English? These tools will help.

Canadian English and Canadian customs are not the same as those of the USA or the UK. Canada has its own version of English. So it goes to reason that Canada has its own resources for writers.

Here are a few of those resources that can help you write for a Canadian audience. [Read more…]