# Canadian English Translation > Canadian English translation by native human translators, certified with a sworn translator affidavit for IRCC or sworn for Brazil. Instant quote. https://roxotranslations.com/canadian-english-translation/ Roxo Translations offers Canadian English translation for documents issued in Canada or headed there, into English and from English, between Canadian English and languages such as Portuguese, Spanish and French. The translator follows Canadian spelling and vocabulary, and every translation is done by a human translator, native in the target language, and reviewed by a second one. Send a photo or scan of the document, see the price and the deadline instantly, and receive the translation as a PDF. For Canada it comes as a certified translation with the translator’s affidavit sworn before a Florida notary; for Brazil it can be a sworn translation into Portuguese, valid nationwide. - Canadian spelling and vocabulary, in both directions - Certified with a sworn affidavit for IRCC, or sworn for Brazil - Instant online quote and fast delivery ## Where Canadian English is used and where your translation is accepted Canada has two official federal languages, English and French. Québec has a French-speaking majority, while English is the main language in most of the rest of the country, from the Atlantic provinces to Ontario, the Prairies, British Columbia and the North. A document in Canadian English can be needed in Canada, in Brazil or in any other country, and a document in another language often has to be translated into English for a Canadian authority, so the destination decides the type of translation. | Where | What you need | |---|---| | Canada: IRCC, for immigration, study and work permits | Certified translation with the translator’s affidavit sworn before a notary public, which IRCC accepts from a notary outside Canada, sent with a certified copy of the original. See our [IRCC translation](https://roxotranslations.com/ca/ircc-translation/) page. | | Canada: provincial agencies, universities, licensing bodies and employers | The receiving authority sets the format, and some provincial bodies ask for a translator certified in Canada: we confirm what it accepts before quoting. See our [certified translation in Canada](https://roxotranslations.com/ca/certified-translation/) page. | | Brazil: notary offices, universities and public agencies | [Sworn translation](https://roxotranslations.com/pt/br/traducao-juramentada/) of Canadian English documents into Portuguese, signed by a public sworn translator and valid nationwide | | Québec and documents in both official languages | We also translate from French, so a document in English and French is handled as one job. See our [translation in Canada](https://roxotranslations.com/ca/) page. | ## Canadian English language pairs we translate Canadian English has its own entry in our list of languages, so the translator works with Canadian spelling from the start. These are the language pairs with Canadian English that we translate today, in both directions. - English (Canada) to [Amharic](https://roxotranslations.com/amharic-translation/) - English (Canada) to [Arabic](https://roxotranslations.com/arabic-translation/) - English (Canada) to [Bulgarian](https://roxotranslations.com/bulgarian-translation/) - English (Canada) to [Chinese (Simplified)](https://roxotranslations.com/chinese-translation/) - English (Canada) to [Chinese (Traditional)](https://roxotranslations.com/traditional-chinese-translation/) - English (Canada) to [Croatian](https://roxotranslations.com/croatian-translation/) - English (Canada) to [Czech](https://roxotranslations.com/czech-translation/) - English (Canada) to [Danish](https://roxotranslations.com/danish-translation/) - English (Canada) to [Dutch](https://roxotranslations.com/dutch-translation/) - English (Canada) to [Estonian](https://roxotranslations.com/estonian-translation/) - English (Canada) to [Farsi](https://roxotranslations.com/farsi-translation/) - English (Canada) to [French](https://roxotranslations.com/french-translation/) - English (Canada) to [German](https://roxotranslations.com/german-translation/) - English (Canada) to [Greek](https://roxotranslations.com/greek-translation/) - English (Canada) to [Hindi](https://roxotranslations.com/hindi-translation/) - English (Canada) to [Hungarian](https://roxotranslations.com/hungarian-translation/) - English (Canada) to [Irish](https://roxotranslations.com/irish-translation/) - English (Canada) to [Italian](https://roxotranslations.com/italian-translation/) - English (Canada) to [Japanese](https://roxotranslations.com/japanese-translation/) - English (Canada) to [Korean](https://roxotranslations.com/korean-translation/) - English (Canada) to [Latin](https://roxotranslations.com/latin-translation/) - English (Canada) to [Latvian](https://roxotranslations.com/latvian-translation/) - English (Canada) to [Lithuanian](https://roxotranslations.com/lithuanian-translation/) - English (Canada) to [Maltese](https://roxotranslations.com/maltese-translation/) - English (Canada) to [Pashto](https://roxotranslations.com/pashto-translation/) - English (Canada) to [Polish](https://roxotranslations.com/polish-translation/) - English (Canada) to [Portuguese (Brazil)](https://roxotranslations.com/portuguese-translation/) - English (Canada) to [Portuguese (Portugal)](https://roxotranslations.com/european-portuguese-translation/) - English (Canada) to [Punjabi](https://roxotranslations.com/punjabi-translation/) - English (Canada) to [Punjabi (Gurmukhi)](https://roxotranslations.com/punjabi-translation/) - English (Canada) to [Punjabi (Shahmukhi)](https://roxotranslations.com/shahmukhi-punjabi-translation/) - English (Canada) to [Romanian](https://roxotranslations.com/romanian-translation/) - English (Canada) to [Russian](https://roxotranslations.com/russian-translation/) - English (Canada) to [Slovak](https://roxotranslations.com/slovak-translation/) - English (Canada) to [Slovenian](https://roxotranslations.com/slovenian-translation/) - English (Canada) to [Spanish](https://roxotranslations.com/spanish-translation/) - English (Canada) to [Swedish](https://roxotranslations.com/swedish-translation/) - English (Canada) to [Tagalog](https://roxotranslations.com/tagalog-translation/) - English (Canada) to [Thai](https://roxotranslations.com/thai-translation/) - English (Canada) to [Turkish](https://roxotranslations.com/turkish-translation/) - English (Canada) to [Urdu](https://roxotranslations.com/urdu-translation/) - English (Canada) to [Vietnamese](https://roxotranslations.com/vietnamese-translation/) - [Amharic](https://roxotranslations.com/amharic-translation/) to English (Canada) - [Arabic](https://roxotranslations.com/arabic-translation/) to English (Canada) - [Bulgarian](https://roxotranslations.com/bulgarian-translation/) to English (Canada) - [Chinese (Simplified)](https://roxotranslations.com/chinese-translation/) to English (Canada) - [Chinese (Traditional)](https://roxotranslations.com/traditional-chinese-translation/) to English (Canada) - [Croatian](https://roxotranslations.com/croatian-translation/) to English (Canada) - [Czech](https://roxotranslations.com/czech-translation/) to English (Canada) - [Danish](https://roxotranslations.com/danish-translation/) to English (Canada) - [Dutch](https://roxotranslations.com/dutch-translation/) to English (Canada) - [Estonian](https://roxotranslations.com/estonian-translation/) to English (Canada) - [Farsi](https://roxotranslations.com/farsi-translation/) to English (Canada) - [French](https://roxotranslations.com/french-translation/) to English (Canada) - [German](https://roxotranslations.com/german-translation/) to English (Canada) - [Greek](https://roxotranslations.com/greek-translation/) to English (Canada) - [Hindi](https://roxotranslations.com/hindi-translation/) to English (Canada) - [Hungarian](https://roxotranslations.com/hungarian-translation/) to English (Canada) - [Irish](https://roxotranslations.com/irish-translation/) to English (Canada) - [Italian](https://roxotranslations.com/italian-translation/) to English (Canada) - [Japanese](https://roxotranslations.com/japanese-translation/) to English (Canada) - [Korean](https://roxotranslations.com/korean-translation/) to English (Canada) - [Latin](https://roxotranslations.com/latin-translation/) to English (Canada) - [Latvian](https://roxotranslations.com/latvian-translation/) to English (Canada) - [Lithuanian](https://roxotranslations.com/lithuanian-translation/) to English (Canada) - [Maltese](https://roxotranslations.com/maltese-translation/) to English (Canada) - [Pashto](https://roxotranslations.com/pashto-translation/) to English (Canada) - [Polish](https://roxotranslations.com/polish-translation/) to English (Canada) - [Portuguese (Brazil)](https://roxotranslations.com/portuguese-translation/) to English (Canada) - [Portuguese (Portugal)](https://roxotranslations.com/european-portuguese-translation/) to English (Canada) - [Punjabi](https://roxotranslations.com/punjabi-translation/) to English (Canada) - [Punjabi (Gurmukhi)](https://roxotranslations.com/punjabi-translation/) to English (Canada) - [Punjabi (Shahmukhi)](https://roxotranslations.com/shahmukhi-punjabi-translation/) to English (Canada) - [Romanian](https://roxotranslations.com/romanian-translation/) to English (Canada) - [Russian](https://roxotranslations.com/russian-translation/) to English (Canada) - [Slovak](https://roxotranslations.com/slovak-translation/) to English (Canada) - [Slovenian](https://roxotranslations.com/slovenian-translation/) to English (Canada) - [Spanish](https://roxotranslations.com/spanish-translation/) to English (Canada) - [Swedish](https://roxotranslations.com/swedish-translation/) to English (Canada) - [Tagalog](https://roxotranslations.com/tagalog-translation/) to English (Canada) - [Thai](https://roxotranslations.com/thai-translation/) to English (Canada) - [Turkish](https://roxotranslations.com/turkish-translation/) to English (Canada) - [Urdu](https://roxotranslations.com/urdu-translation/) to English (Canada) - [Vietnamese](https://roxotranslations.com/vietnamese-translation/) to English (Canada) Need a pair that is not on the list? Talk to us: we answer within one hour, 7 days a week. ## Canadian English translation: British spelling, American words Canadian English sits between the English of the United Kingdom and the English of the United States. It takes some spelling from each, has words of its own and writes dates in more than one way. A good translation follows Canadian usage when the document will be used in Canada. - Spelling: Canada writes colour, centre and cheque, as in British English, but uses -ize in words such as organize and realize, and writes tire, as in American English. - Vocabulary: Canadians call the one-dollar coin a loonie and the two-dollar coin a toonie, a winter hat is a toque, a restroom is a washroom, and an address carries a postal code, not a ZIP code. - Dates and numbers: Canadian documents write dates in more than one format, day first, month first or year first, as in 2026-10-03, so the translator checks each date against the rest of the document. English Canada writes 1,500.00, while French Canada writes 1 500,00. - Names: documents in English often carry a middle name and suffixes such as Jr. or III, while Brazilian and Hispanic names carry two or more surnames. The translation keeps every name exactly as in the original, in the same order. - Documents: in Canada, birth and marriage certificates are issued by the vital statistics office of each province or territory, and federal documents such as the passport are printed in English and French. The translation reproduces every stamp, seal and note. ## The history of Canadian English English reached what is now Canada with British fishermen, traders and settlers. After the American Revolution, tens of thousands of Loyalists who had supported the British Crown moved north in the 1780s to Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and what became Ontario, and their speech is the root of Canadian English. The name Canada itself comes from kanata, an Iroquoian word for village. In the 19th century, immigrants from England, Scotland and Ireland arrived in large numbers, and British spelling took hold in schools and government, while trade and closeness to the United States brought American words. Confederation joined the first provinces into Canada in 1867, and the Official Languages Act of 1969 made English and French the official languages of the federal government. In 1998, the Canadian Oxford Dictionary recorded Canadian English as a variety of its own, with its spelling and its words. Today English is the main language in most of Canada, and it lives side by side with French in federal documents, in Québec and in New Brunswick. ## We also translate other languages - [Irish English translation](https://roxotranslations.com/english-translation-ireland/) - [German translation](https://roxotranslations.com/german-translation/) - [Vietnamese translation](https://roxotranslations.com/vietnamese-translation/) - [Italian translation](https://roxotranslations.com/italian-translation/) - [Arabic translation](https://roxotranslations.com/arabic-translation/)