Sunshine (she/her)@piefed.ca to AskACanadian@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 months agoWhich English speaking province or territory is the least like the US?message-squaremessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up123arrow-down10
arrow-up123arrow-down1message-squareWhich English speaking province or territory is the least like the US?Sunshine (she/her)@piefed.ca to AskACanadian@lemmy.caEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square10linkfedilink
minus-squarejordanlundlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·5 months agoDoes Nunavut count as English speaking? Large, fairly recent, sparsely populated, large indigenous population, no roads between communities, tons of islands. https://destinationnunavut.ca/discover/13-facts-you-didnt-know-about-nunavut
minus-squareSunshine (she/her)@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·5 months agoInuktitut is actually the majority language of Nunavut.
minus-squarejordanlundlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·5 months agoWhich is why I ask, point #4 from my link above: "4. We have four official languages. While English and French remain our official Federal languages, all signage and government correspondence is also shared in the Inuit languages Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun. Inuktitut is iconic for its use of syllabics instead of the latin alphabet."
minus-squareobservantTrapezium@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down1·5 months agoEven if you counted it as English speaking, it’s not a province 😜
Does Nunavut count as English speaking?
Large, fairly recent, sparsely populated, large indigenous population, no roads between communities, tons of islands.
https://destinationnunavut.ca/discover/13-facts-you-didnt-know-about-nunavut
Inuktitut is actually the majority language of Nunavut.
Which is why I ask, point #4 from my link above:
"4. We have four official languages.
While English and French remain our official Federal languages, all signage and government correspondence is also shared in the Inuit languages Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun. Inuktitut is iconic for its use of syllabics instead of the latin alphabet."
Even if you counted it as English speaking, it’s not a province 😜
Question does say “Or Territory”.
But it is a territory.