Toronto Local Custom Tips by gilabrand

Canadians ask for the washroom when they need to use the toilet. Bathrooms are places with bathtubs in them.

A paper napkin is a serviette.

Sneakers are called running shoes or runners.

What Americans call soda, Canadians call pop. Ask for soda and you’ll get soda water.

Zed is the last letter of the alphabet – not zee.

Canadians wear housecoats, not bathrobes.

In the living room, they sit on a Chesterfield - not a couch.

They call the trolley a "street car."

There are no balconies or porches - only verandahs.

A ski cap is a "touque" (pronounced "tuk, " with a long "u" sound)

If you really want to be Canadian, make sure to tack the word “ay” on to the end of every sentence, as in: You like it, ay?

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Hang on to those loonies and toonies - Canada's $1 and $2 coins. You'll need them for airport carts, public phones and parking meters.

The loony is an 11-sided gold coin with a picture of a loon on one side (a protected species of bird, related to the penguin) and a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on the other.

The toony is a silver coin with a gold center. One side has a polar bear on it and on the other - there's no escaping her - it's the queen again.

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