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 DC> Yes.... what I meant was "do most Canucks speak French"?  My
 DC> understanding was that it was mostly only used in the Quebec province,
 DC> and perhaps some of Ontario.

That's not quite accurate, but not completely wrong. It's kind of a thing, up
in QC, if you speak english, so basically everything is French there
(Montreal is an exception, as is Hull, the other half of Ottawa). You'd be
surprised how many Ontarians speak it, too, since we're neighbours and all.
This also applies to Labrador (combined with Newfoundland to make a single
province), and Manitoba, which also have large francophone populations.

The thing is, the population of Ontario and Quebec alone makes up for 60%
(or more) of Canada's total. So...it's possible that most Canucks do indeed
speak French regularly. I don't think that number has actually been counted,
though, so I will stick with my correction. Most 'eastern' Canucks speak
French. (The maritime provinces only come up to 6% of the total...)

FYI, these percentages were based on the 2016 census, as reported on
Wikipedia:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Population_of_Canada_by_province_and_territory#De
mographic_weight_of_provinces_and_territories

McDoob
SysOp, PiBBS
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