French Speaking Canada Map

However there are french speakers in these monolingual english provinces as well.

French speaking canada map. Click on the canada provinces french to view it full screen. Although canada is a predominantly english speaking country there are francophone communities throughout its provinces. Additionally about one million native. There is only one bilingual province in canada new brunswick and one monolingual province whose official language is french.

32221 bytes 31 47 kb map dimensions. The french speaking population have massively chosen the canadian canadien ethnic group since the government made it possible 1986 which has made the current statistics misleading. Where is canada located1000 x 1000 110 4k png. In all the other provinces of canada the proportion of the people whose mother tongue is not french but have knowledge of french range between 28 and 0 22.

In a constitutional act it split the province of quebec into upper and lower canada. The data is from statistics canada. 28 36 of the population of new brunswick. The question where in canada do they speak french is a confusing one because while the country itself is bilingual most provinces in canada claim to be monolingual.

Language spoken in canada. The rest of the canadian provinces are monolingual english areas at least according to the government. The language spoken data are from the 2011 canadian census and are just part of the demographic data included in the maptitude mapping software 2015 canada country package. Most native french speakers live in quebec where it is the majority official language.

Enter height or width below and click on submit canada maps. 77 per cent of quebec s population are native francophones and 95 per cent of the population speak french as their first or second language. In 1791 with this large english speaking aggregation now living in french speaking canada the british parliament made its move. You can resize this map.

Media in category french language maps of canada the following 51 files are in this category out of 51 total. See more map infographics learn more about maptitude. Hover to zoom map. Throughout the 18th century the hudson bay company gave traders the opportunity to explore uncharted lands in northern and western canada.

In fact according to the 2016 census french is the native language of around 7 2 million canadians or about 20 percent of the total population. Location canada1000 x 500 47 29k png. Carte geographique de la nouvelle franse faictte par le sieur de champlain lccn2003688499 jpg 1 536 1 160. The term canadien historically referred only to a french speaker though today it is used in french to describe any canadian citizen.

Each to have its own representative government and its own individual lanquage. French is the mother tongue of approximately 7 2 million canadians 20 6 per cent of the canadian population second to english at 56 per cent according to the 2016 canadian census. 79 95 of the population of quebec speaks french as their first language while 95 of the quebecers can speak french. Canada provinces french canada maps.

Beaupre jean bourdon 1641 png 1 750 1 243. Quebec has the highest number of french speakers in canada both by the proportion of the population in the province and the proportion of the entire population in the country. 364 kb carte geographique de la nouvelle franse faictte par le sieur de champlain lccn2003688499 tif 1 536 1 160. Arrondissement historique du vieux québec jpg 563 522.

Quebec map with hydro. It is estimated that roughly 70 75 of quebec s population descend from the french pioneers of the 17th and 18th century. Maptitude featured map infographic. 1000px x 864px 256 colors resize this map.

Most canadian native speakers of french live in quebec the only province where french is the majority and sole official language.