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  1. In general, Canadian English adopts the -ous endings to words like colour, honour, labour.

    2. Here are some examples of -our spellings with different conjugations:

    honour, honourable (but honorary, honorific)
    labour, labourer (but laborious)

  2. If a corporate name, proper name or book or movie title spells words differently than Universities Canada, use the official name.

    3. International Labor Organization (not labour)

  3. The following are frequently misspelled words. The following are correct spellings:

    4. adviser (but advisory)
    aging
    a lot (two words)
    all right (two words)
    benefit, benefited
    centre
    co-op (program)
    defence
    enrol, enrolled, enrolling, enrolment
    full time (adverb or noun – i.e. they work)
    full-time (adjective – i.e. full-time professor)
    groundbreaking (one word)
    health care (two words)
    judgment
    longtime (adjective, no hyphen)

    misspell, misspelled
    nationwide (no hyphen, but prefer countrywide)
    panelist
    part time (adverb or noun)
    part-time (adjective)
    policymaker (no hyphen)
    post-secondary (hyphenated)
    postdoctoral (one word)
    postgraduate (one word)
    practice
    principal (adverb or noun)
    principle (adjective)
    well-being (hyphenated)
    worldwide (no hyphen)