In Canada, they have a Constitutional Monarchy & a Parliamentary-Cabinet type government. In America, we have a Presidential-Congressional type government. But both countries are democracies.;]
Canada is in the Commonwealth so they spell things correctly. However, there are some cases where America has influenced other ways of spelling words, eg. Canada spells Mum either Mum or Mom.
Sadly, they are becoming more similar. In general, Americans tend to fear their government, and see it as the only possible entity that can limit individual freedom and liberty. In Canada we have...