Title: Traditional Chinese characters
Content:  In Hong Kong and Macau, Traditional Chinese has been the legal written form since colonial times. In recent years, however, simplified Chinese characters are used to accommodate Mainland Chinese tourists and immigrants. The use of simplified characters has led to residents being concerned about protecting their local heritage.
Title: Traditional Chinese characters
Content:  Although simplified characters are endorsed by the government of China and taught in schools, there is no prohibition against using traditional characters. Traditional characters are used informally, primarily in handwriting, but also for inscriptions and religious text. They are often retained in logos or graphics to evoke yesteryear. Nonetheless, the vast majority of media and communications in China use simplified characters.
Title: East Asian cultural sphere
Content: Traditional Chinese used officially (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau) ; Simplified Chinese used officially but traditional form is also used in publishing (Singapore, Malaysia) ; Simplified Chinese used officially, traditional form in daily use is uncommon (China, Kokang and Wa State of Myanmar) ; Chinese characters are used in parallel with other scripts in respective native languages (South Korea, Japan) ; Chinese characters were once used officially, but this is now obsolete (Mongolia, North Korea, Vietnam)]] [[File:Map-Chinese Characters.svg|thumb|Countries and regions using Chinese characters as a writing system: Hanzi ( or ) is considered the common culture that unifies the languages and cultures of 
Title: Traditional Chinese characters
Content:  outside Southeast Asia; In addition, Hanja in Korean language remains virtually identical to traditional form, which is still used to a certain extent in South Korea, though there are a few debates over some Variant Chinese characters. In Taiwan, the standardisation of traditional characters is stipulated through the promulgation of the Standard Form of National Characters, which is regulated by Taiwan's Ministry of Education. In contrast, simplified Chinese characters are used in Mainland China, Malaysia and Singapore in official publications. The debate on traditional and simplified Chinese characters has been a long-running issue among Chinese communities. Currently, many Chinese online newspapers allow users to switch between both character sets.
Title: Debate on traditional and simplified Chinese characters
Content: Traditional Chinese characters are only still used primarily by those in Taiwan, Macau, Hong Kong, and many overseas communities, comprising a small minority of the Chinese-speaking population (~50 million people). However, they also remain in use in mainland China for artistic, scholarly, and advertising purposes. Simplified Chinese has come to dominate the written form of Chinese used nearly all over the world, due to the size and rising influence of mainland China. The United Nations has also used simplified Chinese since 1973. Moving back to traditional characters on the mainland has the potential to be difficult, confusing, and time-consuming. ; Chinese text written before the 20th century was in Classical Chinese, which 
Title: Simplified Chinese characters
Content:  The Law of the People's Republic of China on the National Common Language and Characters implies simplified Chinese as the standard script, with Traditional Chinese being used for purposes such as ceremonies, cultural purposes (e.g. calligraphy), decoration, publications and books on ancient literature and poetry, and research purposes. Traditional Chinese remains ubiquitous on buildings predating the promotion of simplified characters, such as former government buildings, religious buildings, educational institutions, and historical monuments. Traditional Chinese is also often used for commercial purposes, such as shopfront displays and advertisements. As part of the one country, two systems model, the PRC has not attempted to force Hong Kong or Macau into using simplified characters. The PRC tends to 
Title: Debate on traditional and simplified Chinese characters
Content:  characters. The Republic of China (ROC) is the largest community of traditional character users and ROC President Ma Ying-jeou pushed for the removal of simplified Chinese translations which were available for use by Mainland internet users on government websites before 15 June 2011. Government documents and websites are to only use traditional characters and, while simplified characters are not banned in Taiwan, the president strongly encouraged the exclusive use of traditional characters, even in the tourism sector. This move to protect traditional characters ensures that visitors to the Republic of China will need to learn traditional characters if they wish to use Chinese. ; Another common practical reason for the continuation of traditional characters is the expansive cultural legacy of Chinese history and art 
Title: Simplified Chinese characters
Content:  material intended for people in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan, and overseas Chinese in Traditional characters. For example, it prints versions of the People's Daily in Traditional characters and both the People's Daily and Xinhua websites have versions in Traditional characters using Big5 encoding. Mainland companies selling products in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan use Traditional characters on their displays and packaging to communicate with consumers (the reverse is true as well). Dictionaries published in mainland China generally show both simplified and their Traditional counterparts. In digital media, many cultural phenomena imported from Hong Kong and Taiwan into mainland China, such as music videos, karaoke videos, subtitled movies, and subtitled dramas, use Traditional Chinese characters.
Title: Chinese characters
Content: Traditional Chinese used officially (Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macau) ; Simplified Chinese used officially but traditional form is also used in publishing (Singapore, Malaysia) ; Simplified Chinese used officially, traditional form in daily use is uncommon (China, Kokang and Wa State of Myanmar) ; Chinese characters are used in parallel with other scripts in respective native languages (South Korea, Japan) ; Chinese characters were once used officially, but this is now obsolete (Mongolia, North Korea, Vietnam)]] [[File:Map-Chinese Characters.png|thumb|Countries and regions using Chinese characters as a writing system: The Chinese script spread to Korea together with Buddhism from the 2nd century BC to 5th century AD (hanja). This was adopted for recording the Japanese language 
Title: Simplified Chinese characters
Content:   The People's Republic of China and Singapore generally use simplified characters. They appear very sparingly in printed text produced in Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, and overseas Chinese communities, although they are becoming more prevalent as China opens to the world. Conversely, the mainland is seeing an increase in the use of traditional forms, where they are often used on signs, and in logos, blogs, dictionaries, and scholarly works.

Question: where is traditional chinese used?
Answer: Canada.