French Canadians
Sign in to saveAlso known as Franco-Canadians, Francophone Canadians, French-speaking Canadians
North American ethnic group
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Vinony files it under Canadian people of French descent, Ethnic minorities and European diaspora in Canada.
Its subject is documented across 36 Wikipedia language editions.
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- ethnolinguistic group
- Subclass of
- European Canadians
- Part of
- French diaspora
- Citizenship
- Canada
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Population
- 7892195
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- Commons category
- French Canadians
- topic's main category
- Category:Canadian people of French descent
- female form of label
- Frankokanaďanka
- different from
- Quebec French
- ancestral home
- France
- diaspora
- French diaspora
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Encyclopedic overview
French Canadians, referred to as Canadiens mainly before the nineteenth century, are an ethnic group descended from French colonists first arriving in France's colony of Canada in 1608. The vast majority of French Canadians live in the province of Quebec.
During the 17th century, French settlers originating mainly from the west and north of France settled Canada. It is from them that the French Canadian ethnicity was born. During the 17th to 18th centuries, French Canadians expanded across North America and colonized various regions, cities, and towns. As a result, people of French Canadian descent can be found across North America. Between 1840 and 1930, many French Canadians emigrated to New England, an event known as the Grande Hémorragie.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “French Canadians” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.