Originally Posted by
Citizen Bleys
There are more different Canadian accents than there are different British accents.
For that matter, Nova Scotia alone has at least 3 different British-sound-alike accents that I can think of off the top of my head; Haligonians tend to sound (BBC) English, valleyfolk (South Republic) Irish, Cape Bretoners (Glaswegian) Scottish, plus two distinctly Nova Scotian accents around New Glasgow and Musquodoboit Harbour, both of which sound quite British and have a lot of British slang, but don't match any particular part of the UK
A Newfoundlander and an Albertan sound nothing alike.
Most Ontarians don't have a Canadian accent at all; Even the ones without ethnic accents sound vaguely Jamaican to me.