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The metrication logo used in Canada during the 1970s and 1980s. Metrication in Canada began in 1970 and ceased in 1985. While Canada has converted to the metric system for many purposes, there is still significant use of non-metric units and standards in many sectors of the Canadian economy and everyday life.
Originally passed in 1970 as part of the Government of Canada's plan for metrication of Canada from Imperial measures, it was stopped in 1985 and changes were made to the act. The Metric Commission was created by the act and abolished in 1985. The act sets forth the regulation of measurements and the commerce conducted using measuring devices.
Metric Commission logo, used on many metric products in Canada during the 1970s and 1980s. The Metric Commission (French: Commission du système métrique), formally the Preparatory Commission for the Conversion to the Metric System, was a Canadian government agency established by the federal government in 1971 to facilitate Canada's conversion to the metric system from the imperial system of ...
Metric Commission; W. Weights and Measures Act (Canada) This page was last edited on 26 July 2023, at 19:45 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
The metric units of measurement on Canadian canned food labels are merely the equivalent of the still widely used imperial units such as the ounce. Metrication in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa was essentially complete within a decade, while in Canada metrication has been halted since the 1970s.
Neil Fraser (born c. 1934) is a Canadian former civil servant who came to prominence for his crusade against the Metric system of weights and measures in the early 1980s, which resulted in him being fired from his post in the Department of National Revenue on February 23, 1982.
Online retailer Amazon said Wednesday that it's closing all seven of its warehouses in the Canadian province of Quebec in the next two months. The closures will eliminate about 1,700 permanent ...
Canada (as a country) has not completed the metrication process, and therefore neither has Quebec (as a Canadian province). The fact that metric units may or may not be used more frequently by the people of Quebec is irrelevant to the system's full legal status in the province and indeed country. 173.180.196.28 21:26, 8 May 2011 (UTC)