Canadianness

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noun

The state or quality of being Canadian.

OriginEnglish Canadian ← French Canada →
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Meanings

nounCanadianness (uncountable)

alternative Canadianess

  1. uncountableThe state or quality of being Canadian.

    By the eve of the Great War, some Canadians, including many of English birth, were searching for literary and artistic forms that better expressed a sense of Canadianness.

    1999, Paul Robert Magocsi, Encyclopedia of Canada's Peoples, University of Toronto Press, published 1999, →ISBN, page 485

Origin

  1. FrenchCanada
  2. EnglishCanada
  3. EnglishCanadian
  4. EnglishCanadianness

From Canadian + -ness.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Danish canadiskhed
  • canadiskhedstate or quality of being Canadian
Finnish kanadalaisuus
  • kanadalaisuusstate or quality of being Canadian
French canadianité
  • canadianitéstate or quality of being Canadian
Cite this entry
APA

Canadianness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Canadianness

MLA

“Canadianness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Canadianness. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Canadianness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Canadianness.

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