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{{Use Canadian English|date=October 2026}}

This maintenance template adds articles to Category:Use Canadian English to denote articles that have Canadian English spelling conventions. All articles chiefly concerning Canada should use Canadian English spelling conventions, consistent with the Wikipedia policy on English usage for articles about prominently English-speaking countries.

See also

• Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Canada-related articles
• Wikipedia:Database reports/Multiple "Use xxx English" templates, a report showing articles using two or more of the templates listed below.

• {{Use American English}}
• {{Use Australian English}}
• {{Use British English}}
  • {{Use Oxford spelling}}
• {{Use Canadian English}}
• {{Use Hiberno-English}}
• {{Use Hong Kong English}}
• {{Use Indian English}}
• {{Use New Zealand English}}
• {{Use Nigerian English}}
• {{Use Pakistani English}}
• {{Use Philippine English}}
• {{Use South African English}}

TemplateData

This is the TemplateData for this template used by TemplateWizard, VisualEditor and other tools. See a monthly parameter usage report for Template:Use Canadian English in articles based on its TemplateData.

TemplateData for Use Canadian English

<templatedata> { "description": "Placed near the top of an article; informs editors to use Canadian English in the article.", "format": "{{_|_=_}}\n", "params": { "date": { "label": "Month and year", "description": "The month and year that the template was last spell-checked for compliance with this dialect of English. \"{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}\" inserts the current month and year automatically.", "type": "line", "autovalue": "{{subst:CURRENTMONTHNAME}} {{subst:CURRENTYEAR}}", "example": "January 2013", "suggested": true } } } </templatedata>

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