French Canadians

"Canadiens" redirects here. For the hockey team, see Montreal Canadiens. For the French-speaking population of Canada, see Francophone Canadians. For other uses, see Canadien (disambiguation) and French Canadian (disambiguation).
French Canadians
Canadiens français
Total population
4,995,040 in Canada (by ancestry)[1][nb 1]
14.5% of the total Canadian population (2016)

c. 10.56 million (French-speaking Canadians)[2]
29.1% of the total Canadian population (2021)

1,998,012 in the United States (2020)[3]
Regions with significant populations
Canada: majority in Quebec, large minority in New Brunswick, small minorities in Northern Ontario, Eastern Ontario, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Manitoba.
United States: small French Canadian American minorities in New England, New York, Michigan and Louisiana.
Languages
Canadian French, Canadian English, Franglais,
Religion
Predominantly Catholic, minority Protestant, Irreligious
Related ethnic groups
Québécois, other French, Acadians, French Louisianians, Métis, Brayons, Breton Canadians, Norman Canadians, Basque Canadians, German Canadians, Belgian Canadians, Old Stock Canadians
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1Overseas parts of France proper
Migration of minorities in France (i.e. Basques) can be considered as separate (ethnically) or French migration (by nationality).
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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.[citation needed] 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.[4] 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.[5] 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.[6]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference population2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (August 17, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Profile table Canada [Country]". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Archived from the original on September 20, 2022. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
  3. ^ "Table B04006 - People Reporting Ancestry - 2020 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 13, 2022. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
  4. ^ G. E. Marquis and Louis Allen, "The French Canadians in the Province of Quebec" Archived February 24, 2017, at the Wayback Machine. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 107, Social and Economic Conditions in The Dominion of Canada (May, 1923), pp. 7–12.
  5. ^ R. Louis Gentilcore (January 1987). Historical Atlas of Canada: The land transformed, 1800–1891. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0802034470.
  6. ^ "French Canadian Emigration to the United States, 1840–1930". Marianopolis College. Archived from the original on November 4, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2014.


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