French is the mother tongue of approximately 7.2 million Canadians (22.8 percent of the Canadian population, second to English at 56 percent) according to the 2016 Canadian Census. Most Canadian native … See more

As a consequence of geographical seclusion and as a result of British conquest, the French language in Canada presents three different but related main dialects. They share … See more

• Franco-Ontarians (or Ontarois)
• Acadians (in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island; also present in portions of Quebec and Newfoundland See more

• "French language: Canadian French today" The Canadian Encyclopedia. Toronto: Hurtig Publishers.
• Canadian French – English Dictionary
• 2001 Census: Language Archived 9 August 2007 at the Wayback Machine See more

16th century
In 1524, the Florentine navigator Giovanni da Verrazzano, working for Italian bankers in France, explored … See more

Quebec
Quebec is the only province whose sole official language is French. Today, 71.2 percent of Québécois people are first language francophones. About 95 percent of Quebecers speak French. However, many of the … See more

• American French
• Charter of the French Language
• Chiac
• French colonization of the Americas
• French language in the United States See more