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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.

A bone-chilling April Fools’ Day in 1975 marked the first time Canadians used Celsius to measure weather temperature.

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[-] Templa@beehaw.org 3 points 4 days ago

Moved to Canada around 5 years ago and I am still surprised by how much imperial is still used here.

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