All of the Canadian youtubers that I watch pronounce the letter z as “zi”, as is done in the United States. However, I have read online that it is more common for Canadians to pronounce it as “zed”, as is done in the United Kingdom. Is this a regional thing? How do you pronounce the letter z?
Canadian English is influenced somewhat by Canadian French. This can be seen in words such as “Supper” (souper) and a drugstore being called a “Pharmacy” (Pharmacie).
Other examples include “toque”, “dépanneur”/ “dep”, “on special” (on sale), “metro”, “pass the vacuum”, etc.