Because it has represented different realities at different points in time, the term French Canada can be interpreted in different ways. Roughly chronologically they are:
1. The historical homeland of the French Canadian people, the St. Lawrence River valley, which was called le Canada in the time of New France, and corresponds to the southern part of modern Quebec excluding the Eastern Townships. Saint Lawrence River (in French: fleuve Saint-Laurent; Kahnawáˀkye in Tuscarora, Kaniatarowanenneh meaning big waterway Canada was the name of the French colony that once stretched along the St The Viceroyalty of New France (Nouvelle-France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk The Eastern Townships ( French: Cantons de l'Est) is a historical region in south-eastern Quebec, lying between the former seigneuries south of Later, this Canada was renamed the Province of Quebec (1763), Lower Canada (1791), Canada East (1840), and finally the Province of Quebec (1867) again. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The Province of Quebec was a colony in North America created by Great Britain after the Seven Years' War. 1763|1762 in Canada|1764 in Canada|Timeline of Canadian history Events 1763-1820 The Conquest French defeated The Province of Lower Canada (French Province du Bas-Canada) was a British colony on the lower Saint Lawrence River and the shores of the See also 1790 in Canada, other events of 1791, 1792 in Canada and the List of 'years in Canada'. For the Rugby union team that competes in the North America 4 Series, see Canada East (rugby team. See also 1839 in Canada, other events of 1840, 1841 in Canada and the List of 'years in Canada'. Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk See also 1866 in Canada, other events of 1867, 1868 in Canada and the Timeline of Canadian history.
2. French colonization of the Americas began in the 14th century and continued in the following centuries as France established a colonial empire in the Western The Viceroyalty of New France (Nouvelle-France was the area colonized by France in North America during a period extending from the exploration of the Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk All the communities where French Canadians have settled in North America. In this interpretation; Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan; Hawkesbury, Ontario; Montreal, Quebec; Manchester, New Hampshire; Burlington, Vermont are part of French Canada, while Pontiac, Stanstead, and most First Nations in Quebec are not. Gravelbourg is a small town found in south central Saskatchewan. Hawkesbury is a town in Eastern Ontario, Canada, on the Ottawa River, near the Quebec -Ontario Border. Montreal, or Montréal in French ( pronounced in French, in English) is the largest city in the Canadian province of Quebec Manchester is the largest city in the US state of New Hampshire and the largest city of northern New England, an area composed of Vermont, Burlington is the largest city in the US state of Vermont and is the shire town ( County seat) of Pontiac is a county regional municipality in the Outaouais region of Quebec, Canada. First Nations is a term of Ethnicity that refers to the Aboriginal peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis people French Canadian communities in the United States were called "Little Canadas". The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Little Canada (French le petit Canada) is a name for any of the various communities where French Canadians congregated upon emigrating to the United States in
3. Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page For the 1970s migration of Quebec anglophones to other Canadian provinces see English-speaking Quebecers The Quebec diaspora consists of Quebec Canadian French is an Umbrella term for the varieties of the French language used in Canada. French is the mother tongue of about 67 million Canadians (22 All the Canadian communities where there is a significant concentration of Francophone Canadians, that is, Canadian citizens who speak French and use it as their principal language. The adjective francophone (alternately Francophone) means French -speaking typically as primary language whether referring to individuals groups or places In that sense, it is Quebec, parts of New Brunswick, Eastern Ontario, Northern Ontario, and smaller communities elsewhere. Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk New Brunswick ( French: Nouveau-Brunswick /nuvobʁɔnzwik/ is one of Canada 's three Maritime provinces and is the only constitutionally Eastern Ontario is the region of the Canadian province of Ontario which lies in a wedge-shaped area between the Ottawa and St Territorial evolution Those areas which formed part of New France in the pays d'en haut, essentially the watersheds of the Ottawa River,
- See also bilingual belt. The bilingual belt is a term for the portion of Canada where both French and English are regularly spoken
4. The collection of all francophones in Canada, whether or not they live in communities with significant francophone populations. "Francophone" here may mean those who speak French natively, or it may alternatively include those allophones in Canada who, in various ways, are associated with French Canadian society more closely than with English Canadian society. In Quebec, an allophone is a resident usually an immigrant whose Mother tongue or Home language is neither English nor French
- See French Canadian.
These Canadian francophones refer to themselves as Québécois in Quebec, Acadiens in Atlantic Canada, Fransaskois in Saskatchewan, Franco-Manitobains in Manitoba, Franco-Ontariens in Ontario, Franco-Albertains in Alberta, Franco-Colombiens in British Columbia, Franco-Terreneuvians in Newfoundland and Labrador, Franco-Yukonais in the Yukon and Franco-Tenois in the Northwest Territories and Nunavut. A Québécois or Quebecois (pronounced) or in the feminine Québécoise (pronounced) (plural Québécoises) is a native or resident of the Quebec (kwɨˈbɛk This article is about the Acadian people and culture The Acadians (Acadiens are the descendants of the seventeenth-century French Atlantic Canada, also known as the Atlantic provinces, is the region of Canada comprising four provinces located on the Atlantic coast: Fransaskois are Francophones or French Canadians living in the Prairie province of Saskatchewan. Saskatchewan (səˈskætʃəwən) is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of 588276 Franco-Manitobans are a community of French Canadians or French -speaking people living in Manitoba. Manitoba (English ˌmænɨˈtoʊbə French /manitoba/ is a province of Canada, spanning 647797 square kilometres (250116 sq mi of North America Franco-Ontarians (franco-ontarien are French Canadian or Francophone residents of the Canadian province of Ontario. Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec The Franco-Albertans are an extended community of French Canadians or French -speaking people living in Alberta. Alberta (ælˈbɝtə is one of Canada's prairie provinces. It became a province on September 1 1905 Franco-Columbians or Franco-Colombiens are French Canadians or French speaking Canadians ( Francophones) living in the Pacific British Columbia (ˌbrɪtɨʃ kəˈlʌmbiə ( BC) ( (la Colombie-Britannique C Newfoundland and Labrador (ˈnuːfɨn(dlənd ən(d ˈlæbrəˌdɔr (Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador is a province of Canada, the tenth and latest to join the Confederation Yukon (ˈjuːkɒn is the westernmost and smallest of Canada's three territories. The Northwest Territories (ˌnɔrθˌwɛstˈtɛrɨtɔriz ( NWT or NT; French, les Territoires du Nord-Ouest) is a territory Nunavut (ˈnuːnəvʊt ( Inuktitut syllabics: ᓄᓇᕗᑦ is the largest and newest territory of Canada; it was separated officially from the With the exception of the Acadians who have a different history altogether, most French Canadians trace their origins to Quebec, although there are numerous more recent immigrants from various francophone communities around the world (e. The Association for Computer Aided Design In Architecture ( ACADIA) is a Non-profit organization active in the area of Computer-aided architectural design g. Haitians). Haitian immigrants certainly constitute a very visible segment of contemporary American society
- See also: English Canada
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