Yeah, I also say 'zed'.
While we're on the subject of 'zee' vs. 'zed', I remember a humorous incident a couple of years back when Heinz was introducing new caps for their ketchup bottles, and after trying out the new design in the States for a few months with success, they hoped to saturate the Canadian market with the same product with similar success.
What makes this humorous? Well, the name they came up with for the new design was "EZ Squeeze" (obviously meaning "Easy Squeeze"), but they realized the possible misunderstanding for some Canadians as "E-Zed Squeeze" just before the projected release date in our country, and ended up delaying the product's release a number of weeks so as not to confuse us (apparently quite slow) Canadians.
I found the whole story hilarious, but as much as Canadians do pronounce it 'zed', I think the majority of us in the Gret White North are clever enough to catch the intended rhyme scheme and not be deeply offended by a little catch phrase.
Now, just to make fun of the whole thing, I always make a point of saying, "Would you mind passing over the ketchup with the E-Zed Sqeeze top?" ... "Thanks."
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