Editing Stop sign (section)

===Canada===
[[File:Stop sign quebec city.jpg|thumb|French stop sign in [[Quebec City]], [[Quebec]], along with a diagram underneath showing who else needs to stop.]]
[[Image:Bilingualstopsign.jpg|thumb|[[Bilingual]] stop sign in [[Ottawa]], [[Ontario]], Canada]]
[[File:STOP (232020582).jpg|thumb|Bilingual sign (English and [[Inuktitut]]) in [[Nunavut]]]]
In the [[Provinces and territories of Canada|Canadian province]] of [[Quebec]], modern signs read either '''{{lang|fr|{{smallcaps|arrêt}}|italic=no}}''' or '''{{smallcaps|stop}}'''.<ref name="P-010">{{cite web |url=http://www.mtqsignalisation.mtq.gouv.qc.ca/default.asp?operateur=panneau&panneau=P-010 |title=Répertoire des dispositifs de signalisation routière du Québec, Transports Québec |publisher=Mtqsignalisation.mtq.gouv.qc.ca |access-date=11 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222121748/http://www.mtqsignalisation.mtq.gouv.qc.ca/default.asp?operateur=panneau&panneau=P-010 |archive-date=22 February 2012  }}</ref> As of 1987, Quebec removed the English ''stop'' from its road signs in favor of ''arrêt''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Quebec Calling a Halt To English Stop Sign |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1982/05/14/world/quebec-calling-a-halt-to-english-stop-sign.html |access-date=26 August 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=14 May 1982}}</ref> Both ''stop'' and ''arrêt'' are considered valid French words, with France actually using the word "STOP" on its stop signs, and the [[Office québécois de la langue française]] (OQLF) notes that the use of "stop" on stop signs is attested in French since 1927.<ref name="panneau STOP">[http://www.granddictionnaire.com/ficheOqlf.aspx?Id_Fiche=8366697 ''panneau ARRÊT''], Office québécois de la langue française, granddictionnaire.com.</ref> At the time of the debates surrounding the adoption of the [[Charter of the French Language]] ("Bill 101") in 1977, the usage of "stop" was considered to be English and therefore controversial; some signs were occasionally vandalized with red [[spray paint]] to turn the word '''{{smallcaps|stop}}''' into "101".<ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/imagesdistributioncanada/4684364804/ Photo] by Flickr.com user "imagesdistributioncanada"</ref> However, it was later officially determined by the OQLF that "stop" is a valid French word in this context, and the older dual '''{{lang|fr|{{smallcaps|arrêt}}|italic=no}}''' / '''{{smallcaps|stop}}''' usage is therefore considered redundant and therefore deprecated (''à éviter''). Newly installed signs thus use only one word, more commonly only '''{{Smallcaps|arrêt}}''' in Québec, while '''{{Smallcaps|stop}}''' is seen in predominantly English-speaking areas. The latter version of stop signs has been disagreed upon by some Quebec residents.<ref>{{cite news |title=Quebec activists want English stop signs to 'arret' |url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/quebec-activists-want-english-stop-signs-to-arret-1.282999 |access-date=26 August 2023 |work=CTVNews |date=16 March 2008 |language=en}}</ref> Bilingual signs with '''{{lang|fr|{{smallcaps|stop arrêt}}|italic=no}}''' are still placed in areas of [[Alberta]], [[New Brunswick]] and [[Manitoba]]; the [[Acadia]]n regions of [[Nova Scotia]], and [[Prince Edward Island]]; on federal property in the [[National Capital Region (Canada)|National Capital Region]]; and at all border crossings of the [[Canada–United States border]].{{Citation needed|date=May 2020}} On [[First Nations in Canada|First Nations]] or [[Inuit]] territories, stop signs sometimes use the local aboriginal language in addition or instead of English, French, or both, such as [[Inuktitut]] '''{{Smallcaps|notkagit}}'''. All other English-speaking areas of Canada use '''{{smallcaps|stop}}'''.