American English

Canadian English

British English

AAA

CAA

AA, RAC

ATM

ABM

hole-in-the-wall

cashpoint

cashdispenser

bus station

bus depot

coach station

child tax benefit

child benefit

baby bonus

family allowance

clunker

beater

banger

convenience store

depanneur

corner shop

Spar

district

riding

constituency

driver’s license

driver’s permit

driving licence

efficiency

bachelor apartment

bedsit

electricity

hydro

lecky

firehouse

fire hall

fire station

first floor

main floor

ground floor

flat

flat tire

flat tyre

puncture

funeral home

funeral chapel

funeral parlour

get your panties in a wad

get your panties in a bunch

get your knickers in a twist

hockey player

puckster

ice hockey player

International Revenue Service

IRS

Revenue Canada

RevCan

Inland Revenue

junker

beater

banger

ladies’ room

washroom

Ladies

Laundromat

coin laundry

launderette

legal holiday

statutory holiday

bank holiday

men’s room

washroom

Gents

offense

offence

attack

one-armed bandit

video lottery machine

VLT

fruit machine

paramedic

EMT

ambulance technician

ambulanceman

parking garage

parkade

multi-storey car park

parking ramp

parkade

multi-storey car park

plastic wrap

cling wrap

cling film

public housing

social housing

council housing

rest room

washroom

lavatory, loo

sales tax

GST

VAT

Saran wrap

cling wrap

cling film

sneakers

runners

trainers

sofa

chesterfield

couch

settee

street entertainer

street busker

busker

superfine sugar

berry sugar

caster sugar

sweat pants

track pants

jogging bottoms

tracksuit bottoms

track housing

housing development

housing estate

turn signal

turn signal lever

indicator

winker

unemployment

pogey

dole

Valley girls

Surrey girls

Essex girls

welfare

pogey

income support

welfare check

welfare cheque

giro

zip code

postal code

post code