I'm going to answer for (mostly) the US, and then some Canadian can jump in and tell us all how it's different:
Even if you guys fly only the FAI pattern, the two patterns are basically the same -- there are some details here and there with how many level laps you need to do, and which maneuver adds the most to your score is different, but you're flying the same tricks. Here in the Pacific Northwest we have a couple of Canadians that come down and regularly whup nearly all of us except for Paul Walker and occasionally Howard Rush, so whatever you do up there must be right.
The AMA pattern can be found in the AMA rulebook, which you can find pretty quickly on the AMA website (some inspired spelunking on the FAI website will get you the F2B rules including patterns).
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only difference among patterns under AMA rules is that the beginner pattern has a bunch of maneuvers omitted, and one maneuver modified (the wingover). All the other patterns -- Intermediate, Advanced, Expert, and Open -- use exactly the same pattern and scoring.
PAMPA has a description of the pattern on their web site, which I found useful when I was learning it:
http://www.pampacl.org/resources/documents/stunt-pattern.htmlI hope this helps, and I hope that someone will point out the differences, if any, between US practices and Canadian ones.
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