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It is the oldest French-language theatre organization in Canada. [7] The Festival du Voyageur, held annually since 1970 in Saint-Boniface, is a major celebration in the Franco-Manitoban community. [17] Cinémental is an annual French-language film festival, staged at the Centre culturel Franco-Manitobain in Winnipeg. [18]
Pages in category "Manitoba communities with majority francophone populations" The following 27 pages are in this category, out of 27 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
There are also French-speaking communities in Manitoba and Ontario, where francophones are about 4 percent of the population, [4] and smaller communities (about 1 to 2 percent of the population) in Alberta, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Saskatchewan. [4] Many of these communities are supported by French-language institutions.
In 1971, St. Boniface was amalgamated, along with several neighbouring communities, into the City of Winnipeg. [8] [9] As one of the largest French-Canadian communities outside Québec, it has often been a centre of struggles to preserve French-Canadian language and culture within Manitoba.
St. Laurent (French: Saint-Laurent) is a community on the eastern shore of Lake Manitoba. It lies within the boundaries of the Rural Municipality of St. Laurent, 70 km (43 mi) from Winnipeg. A historically-Métis settlement, St. Laurent is one of the few remaining places in which the Michif French language is still spoken. [2]
At the end of the 18th century, to distinguish between the English-speaking population and the French-speaking population, the terms English Canadian and French Canadian emerged. [9] During the Quiet Revolution of the 1960s to 1980s, inhabitants of Quebec began to identify as Québécois instead of simply French Canadian.
The French Language School Board was created on July 1, 1990. [26] This was followed by the opening of new French-language school in Summerside-Miscouche, West Prince, and Rustico in 2000, and Souris in 2003. The Francophone Affairs Division was established on April 1, 1989. [27]
Lorette is a local urban district in the Rural Municipality of Taché, [2] located 25 km southeast of Winnipeg, in the province of Manitoba, Canada.. The French-speaking Métis traders and farmers who first settled the area named it Petite Pointe des Chênes.