French Canada
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French Canada is the Francophone population of Canada[citation needed], centred in Quebec, which consists of cultural, linguistic, and historical groups distinguishable from those of English Canada.
Definition[edit]
Because it has represented different realities at different times, the term French Canada can be interpreted in different ways.
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[original research?]. Roughly chronologically they are:
Canada, New France[edit]
Canada, New France, was the historic homeland of the original Canadians (les Canadiens), the St. Lawrence River valley, in the time of New France. It corresponds to the southern part of modern Quebec excluding the Eastern Townships. Later, it was renamed the Province of Quebec (1763), Lower Canada (1791), Canada East (1840), and finally the Province of Quebec[1] (1867) again.
Canadian settlements[edit]
All the communities where French Canadians have settled in North America may be interpreted as French Canada. In this interpretation; Ottawa, Ontario; Falher, Alberta; Bonnyville, Alberta; Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan; St. Boniface, Manitoba; Hawkesbury, Ontario; Montreal, Quebec; Edmundston, New Brunswick are part of French Canada, while Pontiac, Stanstead, and most First Nations in Quebec are not. French Canadian communities in the United States were called "Little Canadas".
See also[edit]
- Quebec nationalism
- Quebec sovereignty movement
- French language in Canada
- French colonization of the Americas
References[edit]
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