Is the French spoken in Canada spoken the same way as the French spoken in France?

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itssoeasy

no. its kind of like american english and british english. you can understand each other, but the accent is different.

NWIP

No it is not. Just like the Spanish spoke in Mexico, Argentina, etc... is not the same as the Spanish spoken in Spain.

Karen L

No, it isn't. It's written the same way but is heavily accented when spoken. If you speak Parisian French, you'll catch on but it will take a little time to really get used to it.

zena e

FRENCH IS SPOKEN IN QUEBE/ MAINLY BY FRANCO -PHONES ( FRENCH- SPEAKING CANADIANS
French is the mother tongue of about 6.7 million Canadians (23% of the Canadian population) [1]. While most native French speakers in Canada live in Quebec, where it is the majority language,

ONTARIO/ NEW BRUNSWICK/ MANITOBA SASKATCHEWAN AND ALBERTA ( HAVE FRENCH CANADIAN POPULATIONS TOO
about one million native francophones live in other provinces, forming sizeable minorities in Ontario, New Brunswick and Manitoba and significantly smaller communities in Saskatchewan and Alberta. Many, but not all, of these communities are supported by French-language institutions.

While French, with no specification as to dialect or variety, has the status of one of Canada's two official languages at the federal government level, English is the native language of the majority of Canadians.

FEDERAL GOVT OF CANADA PROVIDES SERVICES IN BOTH LANGUAGES.
The federal government provides services and operates in both languages. French is the sole official language[2] in Quebec at the provincial level and is co-official with English in New Brunswick. The provincial governments of Ontario, New Brunswick, and Manitoba are required to provide services in French where justified by the number of francophones (French-speakers). However, the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms requires all provinces to provide primary and secondary education to their official-language minorities at public expense.
( FROM WIKIPEDIA)

I GOT ALONG IN FRANCE WITH MY ( CANADIAN FRENCH) BUT ITS NOT AS PERFECT AND PERCISE AS THE TRUE FRENCH LANGUAGE

ITS LIKE IN USA ( ENGLISH PRONOUNCIATION , ENUNCIATION DIFFERS ( EG. BOSTONIAN/ ENGLISH ACCENT/ ARKANSAS ACCENT / AND YOUR ENGLISH DIFFERS IN SPELLING TOO BUT WE CAN UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER VERY WELL

THE SPELLING IN FRENCH IS THE SAME. IN CANADA AND IN FRANCE

Gby

I want to know the answer to this question too!

Man

No. There are tons of differences between Parisian French, Canadian French, African French. Its basically like comparing the an English dialect spoken around the world with real English (UK).

.....

Its the same, just that they accent it differently then we do...some people they i know that have gone there say that they've been shunned cause their French is different. I don;t know how true this is so don't hold it to me

Sky H

No, it is totally different!!....The phrases and even words are quite different or may have a different meaning.

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