"Tá ár gcairde ina gcónaí thuaidh i gCeanada."

Translation: Our friends are living up north in Canada.

[Birgitte_Nyborg]

Fun fact, the vast majority of Canadian population live more southern than anywhere in Ireland, James Bay (southernmost point of Hudson's Bay) shares roughly the same latitude with Co. Cork.

[Rostellan]

Is 'In the north of Canada' wrong, then?

[scilling]

Yes — see my reply to Dia_duit.

[M22046]

Is "Our friends are living in northern Canada" an acceptable translation?

[scilling]

No — thuaidh i gCeanada is in reference to the speaker, not in reference to Canada. “In northern Canada” would be i dtuaisceart Cheanada (literally “in (the) north of Canada”; this is an expression where English needs an article and Irish doesn’t).

[M22046]

Go raibh maith agat!

[deactivated user]

Why is "Our friends are living in the north in Canada" wrong?

[Eolasabu]

Cén fath go bhfuill in the north of micheart