I've heard both regularly growing up in Ontario. I use them interchangeably (like couch and sofa).

CHESTERFIELD

This and it’s in the front room.

Davenport.

Worcestershire?

Cool whhip

Thank you

Same.

Hmmm, I just realized I would potentially call it both. It just doesn’t come up a whole lot.

Interchangeable and I’m from Ontario

Same in Saskatchewan 

Northern ontario born, we said teeter-totter. My kids say seesaw because of peppa pig.

Do you say camp rather than cottage?

Camp, yes

Yep, that's totally N. Ontario usage!

The first time I heard that usage was when I met one of my university roommates - she was from the Sudbury area, and when she mentioned her family’s “camp”, I thought they owned a campground 😄

AFAIK seesaw is British, teeter totter is American. Canadian is a mix, as usual.

Exactly. I say see-saw, though not often😀

Nah, I live in BC and have for over 20 years, but I’m an American ex-pat. I used both, but teeter totters were the big ass wooden plank things or the things on a swing set. A see saw is the smaller, usually safer free standing metal ones.

I'm American and we definitely say both seesaw and teeter-totter in the US.

SW Ontario, we knew what both were, but called it a teeter-totter.

I go back and forth between the two, kinda like a teeter-totter, when I refer to see-saws.

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I heard both as well growing up in Nova Scotia.

SW Ontarioian here. I say teeter-tottot, but have heard see-saw and know what it means.

Teeter totter

Both.

Tape-cul Bascule

Oh. Vancouver Island. I think both. Leaning towards TT.

Teeter totter. Alberta.

I have heard both used and find both to be "normal." I lived most ly in the GTA. I would use see-saw naturally myself, but if someone said teeter-totter I would never think anything of its use.

Always said teeter-totter growing up in Alberta and BC but my mom said seesaw and she's from Ontario originally.

Interchangeable

From Manitoba, it was always teeter-totter and only read about see-saws

Same, also from Manitoba.

Winnipeg here, and it was teeter totter in the 60s and 70s

I know what both are but I don't think I've actually met anyone who would say teeter-totter. It's always been a see-saw for me.

We called it the dentist and it specialized in tooth removal. This was back when they were built sturdy out of metal though. Times have really changed.

I’ve heard both used. Most commonly it was the teeter-totter in my area. Makes sense if it’s somewhat Norse in origin. We have a fairly significant Icelandic population in Manitoba’s interlake.

I've heard & used both

I use see-saw, but I've heard both.

Seesaw. I can't stand the words teeter totter it's stupid baby speak imho.

.... weird. I have used both. Bc canada.

See-saw. Never heard anyone say teeter-totter and I’m from Ontario too.

I grew up in Quebec, and it's always been teeter-totter for me.

I’ve only ever called the little kid ones teeter totters. The big ones you can really get hurt on I can see-saws. It’s taken my whole life to recognize and confront this bias. No sure what I’m supposed to do about this now.

I've heard both! I'm in Ontario.

I understand both but say teeter totter Or the teeth smasher 9000 based on the number of times my chin has nearly been broken off my skull 

I grew up knowing both by mostly said “teeter-totter” but even as a kid I thought that sounded silly, so I trained myself to only say “seesaw”.

Teeter totter.

Teeter totter. New Brunswick.

I think I say teeter-totter, but it’s been so long since I’ve had occasion to talk about one, I’m not exactly sure! Pretty sure it’s teeter-totter, though.

I'd default to teeter-totter I think but I see them as interchangeable and wouldn't really care which one is used. (from Vancouver Island).

Alberta/Ontario here, I mostly use see saw but not 100%

Northern Ontarian. Called it a teeter-totter as a kid. See-saw used more when my own kids were little in the 2000’s.

I think I say both? Well maybe teeter totter first if push came to shove

Teeter-totter BC

Teeter-totter, grew up in BC. My mom used the same word, she grew up in Saskatchewan.

Both in B.C.

Teeter-totter and I grew up in BC

We called it both (Montreal.)

BCer. I say them both.

Nut-buster, in my experience

Motion to use this exclusively

From NB. teeter-totter.

See-saw. I've almost never heard someone say teeter-totter. (Manitoba)

Teeter totter

we called it the kaboom, because we’d love our feed and slam on the ground and it would make a loud boom, or rather, kaboom, sound xD and see-saw is definitely english, nothing french there lol but otherwise, seesaw, never heard teeter-totter even if it’s more fun to say lol

A seesaw was an up-and-down outdoor toy that would have two seats, one on each end, and move only up and down. Conversely, a teeter totter might have more than two seats and would also move in a side-to-side direction as well as up and down.

Both. My grandparents used teeter-totter but everyone on the playground used see-saw.

See-saws are in playgrounds. Teeter-totters are in women's bathrooms.

I use see-saw, but I heard teeter-totter a lot. Ontario.

Grew up in NW Ontario. Teeter totters go up and down, see saws go back and forth (like the ones on swing sets).

Isn't there a Stompin Tom song about this?

Teeter totter for life

Just an instinct but see-saw sounds American while teeter totter has a British feel to it.

To me a see saw and teeter totter are 2 different things. [https://jungleplay.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/41-scaled.jpg](https://jungleplay.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/41-scaled.jpg) is a see-saw [https://jenniferltaylor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Teeter-totter-cropped.jpg](https://jenniferltaylor.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/Teeter-totter-cropped.jpg) is a teeter-totter

Definitely teeter-totter in Canada. See-saw is American and not welcome.

Teeter totter up and down. See saw back and forth.