metrodriver, the official Canadian way of spelling is the same way as the the English way:
neighbour – not neighbor
colour – not color
centre – not center
cheque – not check
However, Canadian society is so strongly influenced by American culture, that these days, anything goes. Most Canadian television is beamed in from the US via cable so a great number of Canadians even watch US newscasts and often know more about what is ocurring in the US than in Canada. Reading the newspaper one can often find a mixture of both spellings. It is really hard to know know which is correct these days although I believe that the teachers are still teaching the British way of spelling. I think that the only place you could be guaranteed of finding “proper” Canadian spelling would be in hansard.
metro, were you raised in Canada? If so, where did you grow up? Soon we will be playing Jewish geography and find out that we are first cousins.