Which province/area in Canada is the least French?

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SteveN

Quebec is the dominant French-speaking province in Canada. They have laws here not only to promote the French language, but to some extent also ban other languages. Bill 101 made it illegal to have any language other than French on signs, however that restriction has eased up a bit so now you can have other languages as long as French is twice as large as any other language. Even so, we cater to English tourists, as most hotels and restaurants in Quebec City and Montreal have employees who speak English.

New Brunswick and Manitoba both have a large number of French-speaking communities, but you should not have trouble finding people who speak English.

Parts of Ontario that are near Quebec or Manitoba have both French and English people. This is because it makes sense when you are doing business with people of either language.

Parts of Nova Scotia also have French speaking residents, with the Acadians that settled in that area.

Newfoundland and Labrador has some French too, but no one understands their English so who can tell? (Just kidding...you know I love ya...)

The rest of the provinces are predominantly English, but here are a few things to note:

- Alberta has a lot of anglophone Quebecers who left in the 70's when the FLQ was around and the Parti-Quebecois were trying to separate. Although they probably won't be speaking French out there, they will probably understand it.

The territories have English as well, but there are a lot of Inuit tribes up there and so you will encounter a different foreign language if you go there. Plus there are a lot of Quebecers who head up north to work in the mines, oil fields, and hydro projects, so my guess is you will run into some French people there.

- British Columbia is English, but also has a high asian influence due to immigration. So there is a lot of Mandarin and Cantonese spoken there too. Not much French though.

So if you are looking for a place to go that is the LEAST French, my guess would be Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan.

As for why you want to find out which area in Canada is the LEAST French, I have no idea. That is like saying where can I go in the USA that has the fewest Spanish people...The statement smacks of racism or bigotry.

phil R

go to british columbia if you don't like french, it's full of chineese.

By the way, I live in Quebec, and we speak french but we are not people from France. We are as different as americans are from British.

If you want to have fun and party in canada, come to Montreal or Quebec. You'll be very quick to love the french speaking people here.

r.wolfpaw

Northwest Territories.
Have a nice trip

JuanB

That is probably best answered by where are the most French and then realize many areas of Canada are mostly English.

In the 2001 Canadian Census 6.7 Million Canadians reported in as French. 5 3/4 Million of those were in Quebec, 1/2 a Million in Ontario, 1/4 Million in New Brunswick. Keep in mind New Brunswick is actually second over Ontario for the percentage of French.

The other 7 provinces and 3 Territories have fairly low French populations. (With 200,000 I haven't accounted for, that leaves an average of 20,000 for each of these other areas.) And generally, the further away you are from those areas, the fewer French there are. However, there are some regional pockets based on immigration patterns, history and cultural reasons, etc.

khrystenat

Newfoundland, the Territories or the Prairies are your best bets.!

knight girl

Definetly out west in BC.

nbr660

Really all are except Quebec

Yummyâ™¥Mummy

Ontario is pretty good-just don't go to Ottawa.

Montego

We don't like the French!!!

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