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Canadian Accents

Canadian Accent

The Canadian accent can be very similar to a neutral American accent - when it's light, but heavier Canadian accents are very distinct from most American accents. You'll hear recordings from all over Canada, from Toronto all the way west to Vancouver Island - with the sound of bald eagles in the background!
$30.00
$30.00

Canadian Accent Learning Materials

  • The Canadian accent materials include recordings of AccentHelp coach Jim Johnson guiding you through learning the accent, along with Carolyn Johnson providing a female voice for the practice sentences. Jim also leads you through the accent in a practice monologue.
  • You'll get additional volumes of native speaker recordings, including a PDF transcript of their conversations that you can follow along with.
  • You'll get a PDF of the teaching materials, plus three more formats of the book: a PDF for printing, a MOBI for Kindle, and an EPUB for other portable readers.
  • This set of materials focuses on the Canadian accent west of Quebec. You can find French-Canadian recordings in the French materials, and we'll also offer Eastern Canadian accents in future materials, as they can be quite different from those of Central and Western Canada.
  • This AccentHelp download focuses on Canadian English speakers and will walk you through a stronger version of the accent, though you'll also find out what lighter Canadian accents sound like. 
  • All of the sound files are in MP3 format so that you can play them on your computer, load them onto your phone, or burn them to a CD.
  • You'll receive a link via email so that you can download all of the materials as ZIP files directly to your computer.
  • You'll also get future updates for free!

5% of all profits from these materials go to diversity scholarships for actors at the University of Houston.

Listen to a Sample!

Audio files in Three Volumes (200.9mb, 202 minutes)

Volume 1: Learning the Canadian Accent

  1. Introduction to Sound Placement, Intonation and Helpful Hints (6:07)
  2. Consonant sound changes for learning a Canadian accent (8:27)
  3. Vowel sound changes for Canadian (9:31)
  4. changes to Diphthongs in an English-speaking Canadian accent (6:44)
  5. Alternate Pronunciations (4:26)
  6. Wrap up to Canadian accents for actors (2:00)
  7. Text Practice (17:59)
  8. Text Intonation (8:55)
  9. Text Example (:58)

Volume 2: Recordings of Canadian Native Speakers

  1. Landmark Manitoba Female in conversation (6:07)
  2. Winnepeg Manitoba Male conversation (4:45)
  3. Red Deer Alberta Male reading (1:00)
  4. + his conversation (5:02)
  5. Toronto Alberta Male reading (1:08)
  6. + his conversation (3:36)
  7. Canadian Female conversation (3:43)
  8. Vancouver Island British Columbia Couple conversation (7:50)
  9. West Vancouver British Columbia Male reading (1:18)
  10. + his conversation (6:47)
  11. White Rock British Columbia Male reading (:51)
  12. + his conversation (4:44)
  13. Niagara Falls Ontario Female reading (1:01)
  14. + her conversation (3:48)
  15. Calgary Alberta Male reading (1:12)
  16. + his conversation (5:26)
  17. Calgary Alberta Female reading (:55)
  18. + her conversation (3:30)
  19. 2nd Calgary Alberta Female reading (:50)
  20. + her conversation (4:15)
  21. Port Alberni British Columbia Female reading (1:08)
  22. + her conversation (3:22)
  23. Vancouver British Columbia Male conversation (2:24)
  24. Scarborough Ontario Female conversation (3:44)
  25. Winnepeg Manitoba Female reading (:52)
  26. + her conversation (4:04)
  27. Medicine Hat Alberta Male reading (1:18)
  28. + his conversation (3:13)

Volume 3: More Recordings of Canadian Native Speakers

  1. White Horse Yukon Territory Male reading (1:03)
  2. + his conversation (2:26)
  3. Goderich Ontario Male reading (1:14)
  4. + his conversation (3:56)
  5. Waterford Ontario Female reading (1:27)
  6. + her conversation (3:22)
  7. Mississauga Ontario Male reading (1:09)
  8. + his conversation (2:54)
  9. Winnipeg Manitoba Male reading (1:09)
  10. + his conversation (3:46)
  11. Borden Sask Saskatchewan Female reading (1:04)
  12. + her conversation (5:04)
  13. Calgary Alberta Male reading (1:20)
  14. + his conversation (3:22)
  15. Wetaskiwin Alberta Female reading (1:07)
  16. + her conversation (2:32)
  17. Vancouver British Columbia Male reading (1:07)
  18. + his conversation (3:29)
  19. Vancouver British Columbia Male conversation (1:13)
  20. + his conversation (2:45)
  21. London Ontario Female conversation (2:44)

    Most of these recordings are made "in the field" so you will hear such things as birds, cars or other people in the background. A transcription of the conversations is included to help you follow along.

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