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Happy Birthday, Celsius! Canada’s use of metric system turning 50 | Globalnews.ca

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Environment Canada 's use of Celsius turns 50 years old in 2025 .

It was the catalyst of a lengthy national metric conversion that abruptly ended a decade after it began.

Canadians wear clothes measured in inches and buy gas by the litre.

In the U.S. , then-president Gerald Ford enacted similar legislation, but conversion was voluntary.

Liam Brownrigg of Union Wood Co. in Vancouver said much of the material he buys is measured in Imperial .

He doesn't see people rushing to change the mixed system any time soon.

If Canada brought back mandatory metrication, he said switching would be a pain but people would get used to it.

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