Canadian French Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Canadian French is an umbrella term for the different dialects of French spoken in Canada and the rest of North America, including Quebec French, Vermont French, and Acadian French.French is one of Canada's two official languages; the other is English and is the language of the majority (see Canadian English). First-language speakers of French make up about 23% of the population of Canada and 90% of them live in Quebec.
Quebec is the only province whose sole official language is French, and is the only province of Canada where this population is not in decline. Quebec French is substantially different in pronunciation and vocabulary, though easily mutually comprehensible, with the French of the Académie française. This is due to the long history of French in Canada and the fact that French immigrants to Canada kept speaking the French of the Ancien Régime while in France the French revolution led to the standardization of bourgeois Parisian French.
French is one of the two official languages of the province of New Brunswick. Acadian French is spoken in the Canadian Maritimes (Acadia), and is ancestor of Cajun French. New Brunswick has the largest Acadian population, and is the only province that is officially bilingual.
French is the native language of nearly half a million French-Canadians in Northern Ontario, however a third of them no longer speak the language at home. The mining boom of the early 20th century attracted many French-speaking Quebecers to Northern Ontario. The province has no official language, however it is de facto an English-speaking province. Government services are provided in French "where numbers warrant" as with the federal government.
Michif, a unique language mixing French and Cree is spoken by a small number of Métis; living mostly in the province of Manitoba.
French is an official language in each of the three northern territories: Yukon, Northwest Territories, and Nunavut.Quebec
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Northern territories