Well, other folks have commented on this, but I got to see first-hand how 
Canadians still often use Imperial in everyday conversation.

Saw a show tonight about a guy (Dave) trying new methods of interacting on foot 
and unarmed with wild lions. Before heading off to South Africa to do his real 
work, he spent some time at the Toronto zoo. The zoo keeper he met there, who I 
presume is Canadian, talked to him freely in yards about how close he could get 
in the wild to a male lion guarding his females.

I think Dave is American, so maybe the Canadian fellow was simply translating 
meters to yards for Dave's sake because he assumed Dave would have no clue what 
the distance in meters would mean.

When I saw in the show that Dave was in Toronto, I was kind of hoping to hear 
some SI from the Canadians, because I think the more exposure Americans have to 
English-speaking people using SI the better it is to acclimate us to eventual 
transition in the USA to SI. So, I'm always disappointed when shows with 
Canadians, Brits, Aussies, etc. find a way to use Imperial instead.

Ezra

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