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The province at the beginning of the 20th century was known for its low-paid blue-collar workers employed in textiles, paper plants and shops. Quebec also has a long tradition in forestry. In the first part of the 20th century, many lumber camps in Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire were staffed by French-Canadian workers.
Until the 1960s, religion was a central component of French-Canadian national identity. The Church parish was the focal point of civic life in French-Canadian society, and religious orders ran French-Canadian schools, hospitals and orphanages and were very influential in everyday life in general.
French-Canadian culture in the United States (1 C, 16 P) Pages in category "French Canadian culture" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 total.
The province of Nova Scotia has a Provincial Acadian School Board within its ministry. This Board oversees 20 unilingual French schools, which collectively serve 4,000 students and 600 employees. [19] The French Language School Board of Prince Edward Island is responsible for the province's six Francophone schools. [20]
In 1997, the province signed the first Canada-Alberta Agreement on French Language Services, which is a joint federal-provincial fund aimed at funding French language services in the province. In 1999, the government of Alberta created the position of Francophone Secretariat to act as a liaison between the Franco-Albertan community and the ...
Franco-Ontarians retain many cultural traditions from their French Canadian ancestry. For example, unmarried elder siblings dansent sur leurs bas (dance on their socks) when their younger siblings get married. Catholic Franco-Ontarians attend messe de minuit (midnight mass) on Christmas Eve.
The Culture of French Canada, French Canadian Culture or the Culture of Francophone Canadians may refer to: . The culture of Quebec; Acadian culture, the culture of the French-speaking people of Acadia, in the Maritime provinces