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Researching says that the 2012 census showed BC was 1.6% native French speakers, Alberta 2.2%, Saskatchewan was 1.9%, Manitoba 3.8%, Yukon 4.8%, and North West Territories 2.9%. So more common, but not much more. Of course, that's just actual mother tongue Francophones, not ethnically French people who have been anglicized, even if they speak French as a second language they would not be counted. These would all be much larger percentages of the population out west. These are fairly non-French areas in a Canadian context but you'd still get lots of old rural Anglo families out in places like coastal BC with names like Dagenais and Langlois.
I saw on another YouTube video that the school in the old Gravelbourg convent was closed and the town got the building. Maybe the school moved to a different location.
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Don't forget PM Trudeau went to university in Vancouver and was once a French instructor there for several years before going into public office. And who can forget Lucille Starr (Lucille Savoie), the wonderful singer of "Quand Le Soleil Dit Bonjour Aux Montagnes" known commonly as The French Song? The song was so well known that my father kept a recording of it even though none of us could understand any of the French verses. Funny, my father thought Lucille sounded like Francois Hardy all that time!
A colleague of mine is Franco-Ontarian, and he is married to a Montreal woman. They both live in Edmonton, and speak French between themselves. My colleague is perfectly capable of handling himself in court in French, should it become necessary--both French and English are allowed in every court in Canada.
Southeast of Edmonton is the town of Beaumont, which is predominantly French-speaking.
Mouldy, do you really believe that there are no French-speakers in western Canada? Heck, I had to go to the local Service Canada office today, and was greeted in both French and English. I spoke English with the clerk, but I have no doubt that she could have handled herself in French, should I have chosen that language.
As an aside, Mouldy, why are you so fascinated by French in Canada? Most of your questions have to do with the French language in Canada somehow, or with Quebec, where French is spoken. I'm just curious, why the interest in French and Quebec?
A colleague of mine is Franco-Ontarian, and he is married to a Montreal woman. They both live in Edmonton, and speak French between themselves. My colleague is perfectly capable of handling himself in court in French, should it become necessary--both French and English are allowed in every court in Canada.
Southeast of Edmonton is the town of Beaumont, which is predominantly French-speaking.
Mouldy, do you really believe that there are no French-speakers in western Canada? Heck, I had to go to the local Service Canada office today, and was greeted in both French and English. I spoke English with the clerk, but I have no doubt that she could have handled herself in French, should I have chosen that language.
As an aside, Mouldy, why are you so fascinated by French in Canada? Most of your questions have to do with the French language in Canada somehow, or with Quebec, where French is spoken. I'm just curious, why the interest in French and Quebec?
He lives near Louisiana....maybe he has some french roots?
French in western Canada.....how about the town of Bienfait, Saskatchewan near Estevan.
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