PSCI 2002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Quebec French, The Maritimes, Quebec Act

• School: Carleton University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: PSCI 2002
• Professor: Stephen White

Document Summary

The french in canada are important in the political system because. Of numbers: they are the largest ethnic/linguistic minority. Of history: they were here before anyone else than aboriginals. Of geography: they constitute a majority in the second largest province. Of identity: they have a strong and distinct identity: numbers. Canada 7,172,560 21. 7 19,137,520 57. 8 6,811,095 20. 6 33,121,175. Quebec 6,164,745 78. 9 647,655 8. 3 1,003,545 12. 8 7,815,955. Quebec: french is the second most common mother tongue in canada: consisting of about 7. 1 million canadians, who constitute 21. 7% of the population. Even more are of french origin, but have lost their french language: of these francophones, 6. 1 million (or 85%) live in quebec, while 1 million (15%) live outside quebec. Of the quebec population, 78. 9% are francophones, 8. 3% are anglophones, and 12. 8% have a different mother tongue. 2: thus, most francophones live in quebec and most quebeckers are francophones, but there are 1 million francophones outside quebec and.