In which cities of Canada do they speak french, and in which English?

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Goddess of Grammar

10 cities where French is spoken:
Quebec
Montreal
Trois-Rivieres
Sherbrooke
Laval
Hull
Drummondville
Moncton
Ottawa
Fredricton

10 cities where English is spoken:
Toronto
Vancouver
Calgary
Edmonton
Winnipeg
Montreal
Ottawa
Hamilton
Halifax
Thunder Bay

in more or less descending order of number of speakers of the language. Note that Montreal and Ottawa are on both lists; Fredricton and Moncton would be too if they were bigger, they have at least as many English as French speakers, and Laval also has quite a few English speakers. Actually Toronto probably has more French speakers than Fredricton does.

Geoff S

Quebec is the French speaking province, and New Brunswick the Bilingual province. Every other province is principally English speaking.

10 cities that speak mainly French:
Montreal
Quebec City
Laval
Riviere du Loup
Sept Iles
Chicoutimi
Baie Comeau
Fermont
Trois Rivieres
Saguenay

10 English speaking cities:
Toronto
Vancouver
Edmonton
Calgary
Winnipeg
London
Hamilton
Halifax
St. John's
Regina

curmudgeon

Province of Quebec speaks French; all others English. Get a map.

Che jrw

There are very few French-speaking cities. Montreal is perhaps 60/40 (french/english). Quebec city is more like 90/10. All the smaller cities in Quebec are almost entirely french, but in every other province in Canada, you won't find more than a handful of french speaking Canadians (true francophones, anyway, lots of Canadians speak french as a second language).

Japandra

Actually, Curmudgeon is only partly right.
I live up in northern Alberta, and there is a very large French population up here. I'm not sure why. Also, New Brunswick is the only "official" bilingual province, so there are a lot of french speakers there, too.

TMLeaf Fan

Canada is a bilingual country with english and french spoken throughout the country. But to list some for you:

English:
London
Toronto
Ottawa (english and french)
Kitchener
Waterloo
Hamilton
Edmonton
Winnipeg
St Johns
Halifax

French:
Montreal
Quebec City
Moncton (both)
Hull
Gatineau
Trois Riviere
Trois Pistoles
Rimouski
Gaspe
Riviere-du-Loup
Shawinigan

Frank O

They speak french in Montreal. They also speak french in most cities in Quebec province.

Zap

French is predominantely spoken throughout the Province of Quebec.

Turtle~

well, english and french is spoken all around the country. so provinces/cities not so much as others.
for english: 10 random cities in BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan or Manitoba
for French: 10 random cities in north quebec.
for both: montreal, ottawa, and probably quebec city.

french: montreal is the second largest french speaking city after paris...others...quebec city,Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Lâ€™ÃŽle dâ€™OrlÃ©ans, i dunno...find the rest urself!
english: vancouver, winnipeg, toronto, medicine hat, moosejaw, Timmins, churchill, victoria, halifax, st.johns.

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