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Franco-Ontarians (French: Franco-Ontariens or Franco-Ontariennes if female, sometimes known as Ontarois and Ontaroises) are Francophone Canadians that reside in the province of Ontario. Most are French Canadians from Ontario. In 2021, according to the Government of Ontario, there were 652,540 Francophones in the province.
Articles primarily about the history of the Franco-Ontarian community of the Canadian province of Ontario. Pages in category "Franco-Ontarian history" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total.
The organization was created in 1910 as the Association canadienne-française d'Éducation de l'Ontario (ACFÉO) to lobby for French language education rights in the province. The organization and the Franco-Ontarian community at large faced a serious early crisis when the provincial government adopted Regulation 17 in 1912, effectively banning ...
It was widely reported as the largest protest in Franco-Ontarian history since the protests against Regulation 17 and one of the single largest protests in the history of Ontario. At the protest, a number of speeches were held, with Lalonde stating that: "We have to shout without fear and without hesitation that they cannot touch Montfort.
The Sturgeon Falls Education Crisis (French: Crise scolaire de Sturgeon Falls) was a 1971 language-rights conflict in Ontario centered on the provision of French-language education for the Franco-Ontarian community in Sturgeon Falls, Northern Ontario. [1] [2]
This is a list of francophone communities in Ontario. Municipalities with a high percentage of French -speakers in the Canadian province of Ontario are listed. The provincial average of Ontarians whose mother tongue is French is 3.3%, with a total of 463,120 people in Ontario who identify French as their mother tongue in 2021.
The Université de l'Ontario français is situated in downtown Toronto, near the shoreline of Lake Ontario. The university campus is located at 9 Lower Jarvis Street, at the base of a high-rise in the East Bayfront neighbourhood of downtown Toronto. [20] The university leases 4,654 square metres (50,100 sq ft) of space within the building. [20]
The Battle of the Hatpins (French: Bataille des épingles à chapeaux) was a 1916 protest that occurred in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, over the effects of provincial Regulation 17. First passed in 1912 and more strictly enforced beginning in 1915–1916, the regulation restricted French-language education in the province of Ontario . [ 1 ]