Metric System in Canada

[Grey_Mountain]

Do they sell metric air in Canada?

GM

[Artum_Snowbird]

Do not rely on your cheap PSI tire pressure gauge when you cross into Canada. You will need to get one of our kilopascal gauges to be sure.

[hclark]

Metric air is actually sold by the English Pound

[gbopp]

Don't waste your money on metric air. Spend a little more and get the good stuff, Metric Nitrogen.

[DrewE]

Aren't you glad that modern tires are sized using one metric measurement (the tread width), one imperial measurement (the wheel diameter), and one unitless quantity (the aspect ratio)? Otherwise, you'd have to change the tires when you change the air; putting metric air in inch tires would cause all sorts of problems.

[zigzagrv]

Also, metric air is not cheap. It takes several loonies to fill your tires.

[almcc]

Yes, the air is metric here! The only countries in the world that don't have metric air are Myanmar, Liberia and the USA!

[sljohnson1938]

do they really sell metric air? no wonder my tires were under inflated.

[kerrlakeRoo]

Yes, and thank God you're not in England or they would make you put it in from the wrong side of the tire.

[KCFDCapt]

Yes they do. Be aware they sell it by the liter instead of the quart. Fortunately with the exchange rate favorable to the dollar, you get more for your money. Be careful when you get into the capital city areas. Just like America, there is mostly hot air being pushed off on the citizens.

[JaxDad]

Yes, and be sure the place you stop has already changed over to summer air, some unscrupulous places will try to pawn off their leftover winter air on tourists.

This of course will throw off your ‘cold’ air pressures.