Talk:Canada Highways Act

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Metrication[edit]

I reverted an edit by JakeR just now which switched a {{convert}} template from displaying miles (kilometers) to displaying kilometers (miles). I reverted this to display miles first because at the time that the Canada Highways Act was funding highway construction, Canada used imperial units, and the source which indicates the length of roads funded writes it in miles (and the report on which that source is based was written at a time when miles would have been preferred). Metrication in Canada didn't begin until roughly 40 years later. However, given that Canada has been metric for another 40+ years since, I'm open to discussing which way the article should be formatted, if anyone wants to discuss it. Ivanvector (^Talk/_Edits) 22:50, 1 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

@Ivanvector: Thanks for correcting it. That makes sense why it would be imperial. I edited it because I thought it should display metric first, as that is what Canada uses currently, but your reasoning for imperial first make sense. Thanks, JakeR (talk) 20:10, 2 December 2016 (UTC)[reply]

BTW, if you ever do want to switch it to metric, preserve the sourced number of miles in the convert template and set the parameter |order= to flip. – Reidgreg (talk) 18:36, 22 March 2018 (UTC)[reply]