How much French is spoken in French Canada?

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stef

In Montreal because of such an urban tourist centre you will find that mostly everyone is bilingual. If you go out side of Montreal into towns or littler cities you will find that some people do not speak any English. As from the 1st post it is not law for Quebec to post any of there signs in English. Its rare to find English signs in most areas. Also Eastern Ontario..Ottawa and eastern towns are very bilingual.

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moddy almondy

Nobody calls it French Canada; it's Quebec.
In Montreal, it varies from neighbourhood to neighbourhood. Westmount is basically English, Rosemont is basically French the Plateau is a 50/50 split, etc, etc.... unless you're in Repentigny, I very much doubt you'll have to worry about finding someone who doesn't speak/understand a word of English. There is absolutely no English signage in Quebec, if there is, it's at least 50% smaller than the French, because of Bill 101 (a law set up in the 70's, protecting the French language).

As far as French goes, odds are, you'll barely understand most of what we say in French, anyways. The most prominent French you'll hear here is a dialect called Joual, it's *very* different from France French, which is probably what you're learning. If you're closer to the Atlantic provinces, it'll be Acadian French, which I don't understand at all.

See the movie "Bon Cop, Bad Cop" to get an idea for Joual. It's the best movie to a) hear how we speak and b) get an idea what we're all about, culture-wise. I promise you won't be dissapointed.

Hello.

its not called
"french canada" .....
its quebec .
and they will normally speak
fluently english and french .

(haha) hailey (xo)â˜†

well in Montreal most people speek english and french . I lived in montreal for 2 years i speak french. We lived in the city and it was not needed that much. But in smaller towns most people speak french and maybe a little english.

HabsFan-in LoneStarSt8

Having lived in Trois-Rivieres it's my opinion that joual is spoken more outside Montreal as in Quebec's biggest city there are Francophones who have travelled / lived abroad and therefore speak a more "International" form of french which is less intimindating for the language learner you are. Enjoy this opportunity to work on your french as much as you can!

French spoken in New Brunswick is a tad different though. I know because my brother used to live in Bathurst

itssoeasy

I just wanted to point something out that a lot of people were wrong about.
Almost everywhere in Quebec the road signs are french and only french.
in more tourist or english speaking areas they are french with smaller english letters, and only in westmount (english part near montreal) have I seen only english signs (although there probably are more other places too).

So If you want to know how much French is spoken in canada, there are areas all over that people speak french, but the percentage is not high. some places they speak french other than ottawa, new brunswick and other areas, is the province of quebec.
some zones and big cities that get a lot of tourists are more bilingual. but in some villages english is rarely spoken. in montreal: the downtown area is more bilingual.

Danu

lol I've never heard the saying 'french canada' just quebec (the province) speaks french. you can use it in any city there. montreal, quebec city etc..in other provinces like Ontario and British Columbia its not widely spoken.

Nicole

In Montreal most speak English but they are bilingual so they can speak French also, normally they don't speak French though.
In certain parts of Quebec there's people who can't speak ANY English.
Quebec is a pretty French province though but certain parts speak more French then other parts.

â™¥ of Gold

it's used mainly. english is the second language. because it reprises mainly of people of french decent.

Noemi

the signs and stuff in quebec are all in french (they have the english written below in smaller letters) and the for most of the people there french is their first and main language but most people can also speak english

you will definitely get to use your french if you go there, especially in Quebec City

Ajidamoon

I am wondering where this "French Canada" is you speak of? Certainly the majority of Quebec speaks French, but many also know English, but rarely need to use it. Many of the Maritime Provinces also speak French as well as English, although the dialect and slang is slightly different. I live in Northern Ontario, where many people speak French as well. I grew up in Southern Ontario however, where French speaking people are few and far between. I took French in school from grade four right until OAC, the last four years of which was Advanced French. I thought I was pretty good at it, but upon moving up here, I cannot hold a conversation nor understand most of whats being said, as native French speakers talk quite fast. Good luck and enjoy your trip.

smedrik

In Montreal most people speak fluent French and English, however most conversation you will here will be in French.

cafff

i think that in French Canada the language most used is French. there will be signs and things with English underneath but French is primarily used - i can imagine as much as if you were in France

Kenzie L

I think it's more english than french, but there's still a lot of french. Almost all of Qubec` speaks it, some places in Nunavut, Yukon I think...

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