Road Signs: USA vs Canada

How signs differ between two of the world's closest neighbors — same shapes, different rules

MUTCD (USA)MUTCDC (Canada)
🇺🇸 USA
🇨🇦 CANADA
🇺🇸 USA
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🇨🇦 Canada
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Shape
Regular octagon, 750 mm flat-to-flat
Identical octagon — same size, same red
Text
STOP in white Highway Gothic
STOP in English provinces · ARRET in Quebec · bilingual STOP/ARRET on federal sites
Color
Red background, white border, white text
Identical red/white/white
Language
English only, nationwide
Quebec uniquely says ARRET — France itself uses STOP
Key difference
Single language, uniform coast to coast
Only jurisdiction in the French-speaking world where stop signs do NOT say STOP