Up until a few weeks ago, I assumed that most Canadians used the metric system, except for perhaps some elderly folks that were "too old to learn those newfangled measures" (or what have you).
However, thanks to the magic of the Internet, I've been recently started watching a Canadian TV show called Being Erica. The show is about a girl named Erica who, with the assistance of an imaginary and\or mystical psychiatrist, can go back in time to fix problems in her past (the gimmick is that she usually goes back in time and makes it worse, at least at first). The show is set in the present day. Erica is either 32 or 34, I forget which.
But here's the thing: every time someone on the show uses a unit of measurement, it's always in Imperial measurements. A pregnant friend said that she'd "gained 30 pounds" during her pregnancy; another character said that she needed to lose "a few pounds". And I just watched an episode where Erica is showing a new assistant how to make coffee for their (very) picky boss; Erica told her to make sure that the milk was at "180 degrees" (which I assume is Fahrenheit, since 180C would be 365F).
So... what's the dealio with weights and measures in Canada? I know this is just a TV show, and TV shows don't always reflect reality... but, to flip it around, it would seem very odd for an American show like say, Sex and the City to use nothing but metric measures in a show for an American audience.
Do large numbers of Canadians still use Imperial\British\US measurements? Or is Canada like England in that they use metric for some things (like buying bananas by the kilo) and Imperial for "personal" measurements (like height and weight)?
FWIW, the show is made in Canada by Canadians. If it matters, it's set in Toronto.