Is it the same as "fother", like most Americans?
How do Canadians pronounce the word "father"?
According to Oxford Canadian Dictionary, the Canadian pronunciation of FATHER has the /Q/ vowel, back rounded vowel, similar to General American (unmerged) pronunciation of CAUGHT, COFFEE, ALL, CALL, WALL...
Some Canadians still use the unrounded vowel, like most Americans.
Some Canadians still use the unrounded vowel, like most Americans.
You might compare these two accents
Windsor accent (low back merged, but affected by the Canadian vowel shift, the merged vowel is /Q/ and /A/):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=euUyxaD5evc
New Brunswick accent (low back merged, but with much less CVS, so the merged vowel is /A/):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=hYlltEFXRoY
In Manitoba, the /A/ is father is very rounded: /Q/
in Atlantic Canada, /Q/ in father is not that common
in Ontario, both /A/ and /Q/ are used
Windsor accent (low back merged, but affected by the Canadian vowel shift, the merged vowel is /Q/ and /A/):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=euUyxaD5evc
New Brunswick accent (low back merged, but with much less CVS, so the merged vowel is /A/):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=hYlltEFXRoY
In Manitoba, the /A/ is father is very rounded: /Q/
in Atlantic Canada, /Q/ in father is not that common
in Ontario, both /A/ and /Q/ are used
Same vowel as in father, bother, cot, caught, don, dawn, etc. Same vowel as used in the far West of the US., but more people use the more rounded version.