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Submitted by Our Languages blog on November 6, 2020, at 7:28

The Language Portal of Canada is still using the Canadian Oxford Dictionary (COD) as its spelling authority. But, for those who might be concerned about the age of the COD, there is a newer Canadian dictionary: the Collins Canadian Dictionary (the second paperback edition came out in 2016). And a popular spelling authority is The Canadian Press Caps and Spelling (22nd ed., 2018). The Portal may consider switching to one of these resources in future.