French Canadians information

French Canadians
*Canadiens français*
Total population
	4,995,040 in Canada (by ancestry); 14.5% of the total Canadian population (2016); ; c. 10.56 million (French-speaking Canadians); 29.1% of the total Canadian population (2021); ; 1,998,012 in the United States (2020)
Regions with significant populations
	Canada: majority in Quebec, large minority in New Brunswick, small minorities in Northern Ontario, Eastern Ontario, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Manitoba. ; United States: small French Canadian American minorities in New England, New York, Michigan and Louisiana.
Languages
	Canadian French, Canadian English, Franglais
Religion
	Predominantly Roman Catholic, minority Protestant, Irreligious
Related ethnic groups
	Quebecois, other French, Acadians, Cajuns, Métis, Brayons, Breton Canadians, Old Stock Canadians

French Canadians (referred to as Canadiens mainly before the nineteenth century; French: Canadiens français, pronounced [kanadjɛ̃ fʁɑ̃sɛ]; feminine form: Canadiennes françaises, pronounced [kanadjɛn fʁɑ̃sɛːz]), or Franco-Canadians (French: Franco-Canadiens),^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7] are an ethnic group who trace their ancestry to French colonists who settled in France's colony of Canada beginning in the 17th century.

During the 17th century, French settlers originating mainly from the west and north of France settled Canada.^[8] It is from them that the French Canadian ethnicity was born. During the 17th to 18th centuries, French Canadians expanded across North America and colonized various regions, cities, and towns.^[9] As a result, people of French Canadian descent can be found across North America. Between 1840 and 1930, many French Canadians immigrated to New England, an event known as the Grande Hémorragie.^[10]

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^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (August 17, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Profile table Canada [Country]". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Archived from the original on September 20, 2022. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
^ "Table B04006 - People Reporting Ancestry - 2020 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 13, 2022. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
^ "Franco-Canadian". TERMIUM Plus. October 8, 2009. Archived from the original on August 5, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
^ "Peuples et habitants : Emploi de la majuscule". Archived from the original on August 5, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
^ "franco-canadien, franco-canadienne". USITO. Archived from the original on May 24, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
^ "Définitions : Franco-canadien – Dictionnaire de français Larousse". Archived from the original on August 5, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2022.
^ G. E. Marquis and Louis Allen, "The French Canadians in the Province of Quebec" Archived February 24, 2017, at the Wayback Machine. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 107, Social and Economic Conditions in The Dominion of Canada (May, 1923), pp. 7–12.
^ R. Louis Gentilcore (January 1987). Historical Atlas of Canada: The land transformed, 1800–1891. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0802034470.
^ "French Canadian Emigration to the United States, 1840–1930". Marianopolis College. Archived from the original on November 4, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2014.

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[french2021-3] Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (August 17, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Profile table Canada [Country]". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Archived from the original on September 20, 2022. Retrieved September 25, 2022.

[ACS2020-4] "Table B04006 - People Reporting Ancestry - 2020 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates". United States Census Bureau. Archived from the original on July 13, 2022. Retrieved October 12, 2022.

[5] "Franco-Canadian". TERMIUM Plus. October 8, 2009. Archived from the original on August 5, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2022.

[6] "Peuples et habitants : Emploi de la majuscule". Archived from the original on August 5, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2022.

[7] "franco-canadien, franco-canadienne". USITO. Archived from the original on May 24, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2022.

[8] "Définitions : Franco-canadien – Dictionnaire de français Larousse". Archived from the original on August 5, 2022. Retrieved August 5, 2022.

[9] G. E. Marquis and Louis Allen, "The French Canadians in the Province of Quebec" Archived February 24, 2017, at the Wayback Machine. The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 107, Social and Economic Conditions in The Dominion of Canada (May, 1923), pp. 7–12.

[10] R. Louis Gentilcore (January 1987). Historical Atlas of Canada: The land transformed, 1800–1891. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 0802034470.

[11] "French Canadian Emigration to the United States, 1840–1930". Marianopolis College. Archived from the original on November 4, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2014.

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Total population
4,995,040 in Canada (by ancestry)^[1]^{[nb 1]} 14.5% of the total Canadian population (2016) c. 10.56 million (French-speaking Canadians)^[2] 29.1% of the total Canadian population (2021) 1,998,012 in the United States (2020)^[3]
Regions with significant populations
Canada: majority in Quebec, large minority in New Brunswick, small minorities in Northern Ontario, Eastern Ontario, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Manitoba. United States: small French Canadian American minorities in New England, New York, Michigan and Louisiana.
Languages
Canadian French, Canadian English, Franglais
Religion
Predominantly Roman Catholic, minority Protestant, Irreligious
Related ethnic groups
Quebecois, other French, Acadians, Cajuns, Métis, Brayons, Breton Canadians, Old Stock Canadians

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