To: Clemenza
There are still Acadians in New Brunswick and Ontario has a large population of Francophones in areas close to Quebec. There is no question about Canada's identity as a bilingual society.
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12 posted on
11/05/2007 2:30:59 PM PST by
goldstategop
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To: goldstategop
I seem to remember Hull (near Ottawa) had a large Francophone population. Heard alot of Mandarin when I used to go to Vancouver on the weekends, but little French.
I seem to remember that decades after the expulsion, many Acadians returned to the maritimes.
13 posted on
11/05/2007 2:34:09 PM PST by
Clemenza
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To: goldstategop
Also lots of Francophones in Northern Ontario, especially in Sudbury and north of there. IIRC they’re the legacy of the Voyageurs who made their way up through the Ottawa Valley.
15 posted on
11/05/2007 7:23:13 PM PST by
Squawk 8888
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To: goldstategop
Lots of francophones in NS as well, although most of the Acadians had been anglicized by the middle of the 20th century. The last member of my family to speak French as a first language was my grandfather, who died in the 1950s.
17 posted on
11/05/2007 7:27:20 PM PST by
Squawk 8888
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