Franco-Manitobans are a community of French Canadians or French-speaking people living in Manitoba. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Manitoba (English ˌmænɨˈtoʊbə French /manitoba/ is a province of Canada, spanning 647797 square kilometres (250116 sq mi of North America The community is centred primarily in Saint Boniface, an area of Winnipeg, although there are smaller numbers of Franco-Manitobans living throughout the province as well. Saint Boniface is an area of the city of Winnipeg, home to the Franco-Manitoban community Winnipeg (ˈwɪnɨpɛg is the capital and largest city in the Canadian province of Manitoba, and 7th largest municipality in Canada with a population
Notable Franco-Manitobans include Métis nationalist Louis Riel, writer Gabrielle Roy, singer-songwriter Daniel Lavoie, federal Members of Parliament Ronald Duhamel and Raymond Simard, provincial MLAs Neil Gaudry and Kevin Lamoureux, member of the Canadian Senate Maria Chaput, country singer Lucille Starr and famous anthropologist Monique Olivier. A Métis is a person born to parents who belong to different groups defined by visible physical differences regarded as racial or the descendant of such persons Louis Riel (22 October 1844 &ndash 16 November 1885 in English was a Canadian politician, a founder of the province of Manitoba, and leader of the Métis Gabrielle Roy, CC, FRSC ( March 22, 1909 – July 13, 1983) was a French Canadian author Daniel Lavoie (born March 17, 1949) is a French-Canadian singer and songwriter. Ronald J Duhamel, PC ( March 2, 1938 &ndash September 30, 2002) was a Canadian Member of Parliament and Raymond Simard, PC, MP (born March 8, 1958) is a politician from Manitoba, Canada. A Member of the Legislative Assembly, or MLA, is a representative elected by the voters of an Electoral district to the Legislature or Legislative Neil Gaudry ( September 19, 1937 - February 18, 1999) was a politician in Manitoba, Canada. Kevin Lamoureux ( January 22, 1962) is a politician in Manitoba, Canada. Maria Chaput (born May 7, 1942) is a current member of the Canadian Senate representing the Senatorial Division of Manitoba. Lucille Starr, born May 13, 1938, is a Franco-Manitoban singer songwriter and yodeler best known for her 1964 hit single, "
The province's primary French languauge post-secondary educational institution is le Collège universitaire de Saint-Boniface located in Saint Boniface. The Collège Universitaire de Saint-Boniface, or CUSB is a University college affiliated with the University of Manitoba and located in Saint Boniface Manitoba
Media
The Franco-Manitoban community is served by Radio-Canada's CKSB (Première Chaîne), CKSB-FM (Espace musique) and CBWFT (SRC Television), the community radio station CKXL and the weekly newspaper La Liberté. CKSB is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 1050 AM in Winnipeg Manitoba. Première Chaîne is a Canadian French language radio network the news and information service of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation / Société CKSB-FM is a Canadian radio station broadcasting at 899 FM in Winnipeg Manitoba. Espace musique is the French-language music radio service of Canada 's national public broadcaster the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation CBWFT is the Société Radio-Canada French language Television station in Winnipeg Manitoba. Télévision de Radio-Canada is a Canadian French language Television network. For information on the former CKXL-AM in Calgary Alberta, see CKIS-FM.
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