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  2. English Canada - Wikipedia

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    This is every province except Quebec. When used in this way, English Canada is often referred to as the "ROC" (rest of Canada). This type of usage excludes French-speaking areas in English-majority provinces like the East and North of New Brunswick, Northern and Eastern Ontario, Saint-Boniface and the few small pockets of French localities in ...

  3. Language policies of Canada's provinces and territories

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    The province of Manitoba is now overwhelmingly English-speaking and the first language of the courts, government ministries, and schools is English. In order to comply with the court's ruling, the provincial legislature is required to enact all of its statutes in both languages and both languages can be used in the Legislative Assembly and the ...

  4. English Canadians - Wikipedia

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    The suppression of the rebellions allowed the government of Canada to proceed with a settlement of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta that was to create provinces that identified generally with English Canada in culture and outlook, although immigration included large numbers of people from non English-speaking European backgrounds, especially ...

  5. Provinces and territories of Canada - Wikipedia

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    Canada has ten provinces and three territories that are sub-national administrative divisions under the jurisdiction of the Canadian Constitution.In the 1867 Canadian Confederation, three provinces of British North America—New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and the Province of Canada (which upon Confederation was divided into Ontario and Quebec)—united to form a federation, becoming a fully ...

  6. Languages of Canada - Wikipedia

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    While English is not the preferred language in Quebec, 36.1% of Québécois can speak English. [16] Nationally, Francophones are five times more likely to speak English than Anglophones are to speak French – 44% and 9% respectively. [17] Only 3.2% of Canada's English-speaking population resides in Quebec—mostly in Montreal. [nb 5]

  7. Alberta - Wikipedia

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    English is the official language of the province. In 2016, 76.0% of Albertans were anglophone, 1.8% were francophone and 22.2% were allophone. [13] Alberta's economy is based on hydrocarbons, petrochemical industries, livestock and agriculture. [14]

  8. Canadian English - Wikipedia

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    While English is not the preferred language in Quebec, 36.1% of the Québécois can speak English. [165] Nationally, Francophones are five times more likely to speak English than Anglophones are to speak French – 44% and 9% respectively. [166] Only 3.2% of Canada's English-speaking population resides in Quebec—mostly in Montreal. [nb 1]

  9. Canada - Wikipedia

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    Canada's official bilingualism policies give citizens the right to receive federal government services in either English or French with official-language minorities guaranteed their own schools in all provinces and territories. [307] Quebec's 1974 Official Language Act established French as the only official language of the province. [308]