Environment Canada’s use of Celsius will be 50 years old in 2025.

Though the cultural results are mixed. Canadians wear clothes measured in inches and buy gas by the litre. They drink from millilitre beer cans and step on bathroom scales in pounds. They eat cereal by the gram and sub sandwiches by the foot.

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

Environment Canada's shift in weather measurement from Fahrneheit to Celsius turns 50 in 2025{ai:summary}<p>Celsius will celebrate its 50th anniversary in Canada in 2025, marking the shift to metric temperature measurements by Environment Canada. However, cultural practices remain mixed, as Canadians still use imperial measurements for clothing, gas, and weight.</p><p>This blend of measurement systems highlights the ongoing transition and adaptation within Canadian society. #society</p>

Happy Birthday, Celsius! Canada marks 50 years of Imperial-metric conversion in 2025

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