Political Science 2230E Chapter 14: Political Science 2230 Chapter 14

• School: Western University
• Department: Political Science
• Course: Political Science 2230E
• Professor: Alcantara

Document Summary

The exceptionally high birthrate among french canadian women enabled francophones to hold their own until the end of the 1950s. English populations growth ignited by immigration: the end of la revanche des berceaux. Possibility that french speakers would become a minority in quebec was raised by nationalists. Immigration became the sole contributor to population growth by the 1960s. The key factor for shifting linguistic balance in quebec was immigration. French is spoken at home by about 80 percent of the quebec population. The rate of language transfer is greatest among the younger population. Only in what is called the bilingual belt the narrow region running from moncton, nb to the south of ssm, ontario was the rate of assimilation of languages significantly lower. A combination of low birth rates, aging populations, lack of supportive economic and social milieu leads to the collapse of many francophone communities.