French Canada

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French Canada

• Brian "Felix" Hebert

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How the French ended up in Canada

• In a nutshell

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Colonization of the New World

• The French came as explorers In 1524
• King Francis I was on the throne at the time
• Came seeking a route to the Pacific Ocean and
  wealth
• By 1750 New France had a population of 75,000
• Britain's population in the new world was 1.5
  million

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French and Indian War

• War between France and Britain in the New World
• Started because of disputes over territory 
• In 1763 New France was lost to Britain and Spain

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Canadian Confederation

• July 1, 1867
• Federal Dominion of Canada formed
• British colonies-Canada-New Brunswick-Nova
  Scotia
• Canada (the colony) was split into the Provinces
  of Quebec and Ontario 

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French Canada

• Brian Hebert (Felix)

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Call them what you will

• French Canadian, Francophone Canadian, Canadien
  all mean pretty much the same thing.
• Most French Canadians Identify themselves as
  Canadien, French, Quebecois, or Acadian

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Let's talk numbers

• French Canadians make up almost one third of
  Canada's population at at around 10.5 million
  people
• Canadiens 6.7 million
• French 5 million
• Quebecois 150 thousand
• Acadian 100 thousand

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French Canada and God

• Until the 1960's religion was part of ones
  national identity as a Canadien
• the Quiet Revolution changed this, as it was a
  period of secularization 
• Took Health Care and Education out of the Roman
  Catholic Church's hands, and left it up to the
  provincial government

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What'd you say?

• Canadian French is the umbrella term used to
  describe the type of french that is spoken in
  Canada.
• Quebec French
• Acadian French
• Metis French
• Brayon French (much like Acadian)
• Newfoundland French (endangered)

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Sources

• http//www.verrazzano.org/en/index2.php?cviaggios
  coperte
• http//www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/virtual-vault/i
  ndex-e.html
• http//faculty.marianopolis.edu/c.belanger/quebecH
  istory/readings/leaving.htm
• John Dickinson, Brian Young  (2003). A Short
  History of Quebec
• http//www12.statcan.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp
  -pd/hlt/97-555/Index-eng.cfm
• http//www.asiapacific.ca/distribution-of-canadian
  s-abroad