The second edition, published in 2004, contains about 300,000 entries, including about 2,200 true
Canadianisms. It also provides information on Canadian pronunciation and on Canadian spelling, which shares features with
British and
American spelling: colour, centre, and travelling, but tire, aluminum and realize, resulting in a unique word in Canadian orthography: colourize.
Editorial staff and development method
Until September 2008, Oxford maintained a permanent staff of
lexicographers in Canada, led by editor
Katherine Barber. With its Canadian dictionary division closed, Oxford has since been outsourcing work on Canadian dictionary products to freelance editors.[1]
Adelson-Goldstein, Jayme; Shapiro, Norma, eds. (2010). Oxford Picture Dictionary, Second Canadian Edition (Monolingual, 2nd ed.). Don Mills, Ontario: Oxford University Press.
ISBN978-0-19-543809-3.
Parnwell, E.C.; Grennan, Maggie, eds. (2004). The Canadian Oxford Picture Dictionary. Don Mills, Ontario: Oxford University Press.
ISBN978-0-19-435207-9.
Parnwell, E.C.; Grennan, Maggie, eds. (2001). The Canadian Oxford Picture Dictionary. Don Mills, Ontario: Oxford University Press.
ISBN978-0-19-435204-8.
Paperback
Alex Bisset, editor. The Canadian Oxford Paperback Dictionary (first edition 2000, reissued 2004, second edition 2006) Toronto, Oxford University Press.
Compact
The Canadian Oxford Compact Dictionary (published 2001, reissued 2004)
Concise
Concise Canadian Oxford Dictionary (published 2005)
High school
The Canadian Oxford High School Dictionary (published 2002, reissued 2004)
Spelling
The Canadian Oxford Spelling Dictionary (published 1999, reissued 2004)