METRIC SYSTEM BASICS
This is the main system of measurement used in Canada.
What is the metric system?
Canadians check this measurement to see how cold or warm it is outside.
What is temperature in Celsius?
Canada measures long distances in this unit (not miles).
What is kilometres?
Milk in Canada is usually sold in this unit.
What is litres?
Road trip distances are shown using these signs.
What are kilometre signs?
This unit measures temperature in Canada.
What is degrees Celsius?
A summer day might reach 30 of these units.
What are degrees Celsius?
Speed limit signs in Canada measure speed using this unit.
What are kilometres per hour (km/h)?
People often weigh their groceries using kilograms or these smaller units.
What are grams?
This measurement tells you how hot or cold the oven should be when baking.
What is Celsius?
There are 100 of these in a metre.
What are centimetres?
When it's –10°C, the temperature is this—below zero.
What is freezing cold?
There are 1,000 of these in one kilometre.
What are metres?
A large water bottle usually holds 500–750 of these.
What are millilitres?
This is about how tall a student might be: 140 of these units.
What are centimetres?
This metric unit is used to measure liquid volume like milk or juice.
What is a litre?
The temperature where water freezes in Celsius.
What is 0°C?
A typical highway speed limit might be this number (in km/h).
What is 100 km/h?
Canada buys produce by the kilogram, but some recipes still use these traditional units.
What are cups or teaspoons?
Canada uses litres for gas. The U.S. uses these instead.
What are gallons?
Canada measures weight using kilograms, which are made up of 1,000 of these smaller units.
What are grams?
This term describes how cold it “feels like” because of wind.
What is the wind chill?
This word describes how high above sea level a place is measured in metres.
What is elevation?
This measurement is used to compare how much space something takes up (like gas for a car).
What is volume?
A doctor in Canada measures your weight in kilograms; this is how many pounds 1 kilogram is equal to (approx).
What is about 2.2 pounds?