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  2. Francophone Canadians - Wikipedia

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    Francophone Canadians or French-speaking Canadians are citizens of Canada who speak French, and sometimes refers only to those who speak it as their first language.In 2021, 10,669,575 people in Canada or 29.2% of the total population spoke French, including 7,651,360 people or 20.8% who declared French as their mother tongue.

  3. French language in Canada - Wikipedia

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    Number of francophones by province and territory in Canada (2016) Province/territory Group name Principal regions French as mother tongue Percentage Quebec: Québécois: Regions of Quebec: 8,214,000 85% Ontario: Franco-Ontarians: Sudbury / Northeastern Ontario, Ottawa / Eastern Ontario, and a number of Francophone communities throughout Ontario ...

  4. French Canadians - Wikipedia

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    There are many varieties of French spoken by francophone Canadians, for example Quebec French, Acadian French, Métis French, and Newfoundland French. The French spoken in Ontario, the Canadian West, and New England can trace their roots back to Quebec French because of Quebec's diaspora. Over time, many regional accents have emerged.

  5. Canadian French - Wikipedia

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    The term "Canadian French" was formerly used to refer specifically to Quebec French and the closely related varieties of Ontario and Western Canada descended from it. [6] This is presumably because Canada and Acadia were distinct parts of New France, and also of British North America, until 1867. The term is no longer usually deemed to exclude ...

  6. Languages of Canada - Wikipedia

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    Outside Quebec, the largest French-speaking populations are found in New Brunswick (which is home to 3.1% of Canada's Francophones) and Ontario (4.2%, residing primarily in the eastern and northeastern parts of the province and in Toronto and Ottawa). Overall, 22% of people in Canada declare French to be their mother language, while one in ...

  7. List of countries and territories where French is an official ...

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    French is an official language in 27 independent nations. French is also the second most geographically widespread language in the world after English, with about 60 countries and territories having it as a de jure or de facto official, administrative, or cultural language. [1]

  8. List of francophone communities in Ontario - Wikipedia

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    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.

  9. Canada–France relations - Wikipedia

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    Eventually, Canada became an important ally and staunch supporter of General Charles de Gaulle's Free French Forces. De Gaulle himself re-entered France after the Invasion of Normandy via the Canadian-won Juno Beach, and during a lavish state visit to Ottawa in 1944, he departed the assembled crowd with an impassioned call of "Vive le Canada ...