So, I am a Canadian iPhone user and I would like the choice to have my display language set to “English (Canada)” on iOS.
But on the latest version of iOS, I can’t find that option. On the other hand, I found “English” and “English (US)”, but when I tried setting my phone to “English”, it was no different from the American edition.
iPhone 11
StarryPioneer wrote:
What I mean is that the display language does not follow Canadian conventions. The keyboard at least does. For example, in settings, it’ll say “Center” instead of “Centre”.
That's because Apple has not yet provided that localization -- so far only for UK and Australian.
iOS and iPadOS - Feature Availability - Apple
To ask for Canadian as well, you can use
StarryPioneer wrote:
What I mean is that the display language does not follow Canadian conventions. The keyboard at least does. For example, in settings, it’ll say “Center” instead of “Centre”.
That's because Apple has not yet provided that localization -- so far only for UK and Australian.
iOS and iPadOS - Feature Availability - Apple
To ask for Canadian as well, you can use
See the following Apple Support article for information on setting the language for an iPhone: Change the language on your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support
I haven't checked it myself and am in the U.S. but suspect the differences include such things as (Canadian/U.S): cheque/check, colour/color, etc.
It may take a short time. See the following from Step 6 of Change the language on your iPhone or iPad - Apple Support
Select your primary language
An alert will ask you which language you want to use as your primary language. After your device updates the language, your device automatically displays the language you selected.
Thanks. So if I remove “English” from my list of languages, then English (Canada) appears. But if I set my language option to that option, it just becomes “English” and the Canadian conventions aren’t present beyond units and date format. It’s disappointing, but at least the spell check works.
What Canadian conventions exactly are not present? Have you set your keyboard to English (Canada) only?
What I mean is that the display language does not follow Canadian conventions. The keyboard at least does. For example, in settings, it’ll say “Center” instead of “Centre”.
That’s exactly what I tried to do and it didn’t achieve the desired result.
Got it! Thanks!
Where is English (Canada) on iOS? And what is the difference between English and English (US)?
