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| Total population | |
|---|---|
| 5,077,215 in Canada (self-identified by ancestry, 2011 Census)[1] c.10,000,000 (French-speaking Canadians) c. 2,100,842 in United States | |
| Regions with significant populations | |
| Canada, especially Quebec, New Brunswick, and Northern or Eastern Ontario, significant minority found in the United States (French Canadian Americans), mostly found in Louisiana, New England, New York and Michigan | |
| Languages | |
| French, English | |
| Religion | |
| Predominantly Roman Catholic, minority Protestant | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| French, Bretons, Acadians, Cajuns, Métis, French Americans, French Canadian Americans, French Haitians, Brayons |
French Canadian (Canadien or Canadien français in French) refers to a nation or ethnic group that comes from Canada in the period of French colonization in the 1600s. They are the main French-speaking population of Canada. It may also refer to people of French descent living in Canada, or native speakers of French in Canada.
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Statistics Canada. "2011 National Household Survey: Data tables". Retrieved 8 March 2014.
Other websites
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Media related to French Canadians at Wikimedia Commons
- Multicultural Canada website Archived 2012-05-04 at the Wayback Machine includes seven full-text searchable French Canadian newspapers from Ontario and Quebec
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