Global InformationList of francophone communities in Ontario information
 | Parts of this article (those related to census data) need to be updated. (November 2020) |
This is a list of francophone communities in Ontario. Municipalities with a high percentage of French-speakers in the Canadian province of Ontario are listed.
The provincial average of Ontarians whose mother tongue is French is 3.3%, with a total of 463,120 people in Ontario who identify French as their mother tongue in 2021. The majority of Franco-Ontarians in Ontario live in eastern and northeastern Ontario. While most communities in these areas have sizeable French minorities, several municipalities have francophone majorities.
Most such places are designated as French language service areas under the provincial French Language Services Act, meaning that Government of Ontario services must be available in French.
| Municipality | Type | County, district, or regional municipality | Total population[1] | Percentage of population whose mother tongue is French[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred and Plantagenet | Township | Prescott and Russell | 9,949 | 71% |
| Armstrong | Township | Timiskaming | 1,199 | 52% |
| Beckwith | Township | Lanark | 9,021 | 5% |
| Black River-Matheson | Township | Cochrane | 2,572 | 23% |
| Blind River | Town | Algoma | 3,422 | 14% |
| Bonfield | Township | Nipissing | 2,146 | 20% |
| Callander | Municipality | Parry Sound | 3,964 | 9% |
| Carleton Place | Town | Lanark | 12,517 | 5% |
| Casselman | Village | Prescott and Russell | 3,960 | 71% |
| Central Manitoulin | Municipality | Manitoulin | 2,235 | 4% |
| Champlain | Township | Prescott and Russell | 8,665 | 59% |
| Clarence-Rockland | City | Prescott and Russell | 26,505 | 57% |
| Chapleau | Township | Sudbury | 1,942 | 33% |
| Chisholm | Township | Nipissing | 1,312 | 10% |
| Cochrane | Town | Cochrane | 5,390 | 33% |
| Cornwall | City | Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry | 47,845 | 19% |
| Deep River | Town | Renfrew | 4,175 | 5% |
| East Ferris | Municipality | Nipissing | 4,946 | 19% |
| East Hawkesbury | Township | Prescott and Russell | 3,418 | 58% |
| Elliot Lake | City | Algoma | 11,372 | 12% |
| Englehart | Town | Timiskaming | 1,442 | 7% |
| Espanola | Town | Sudbury | 5,185 | 12% |
| French River | Municipality | Sudbury | 2,828 | 39% |
| Greater Sudbury | City | Single-tier municipality | 166,004 | 23% |
| Greenstone | Municipality | Thunder Bay | 4,309 | 21% |
| Hawkesbury | Town | Prescott and Russell | 10,194 | 72% |
| Hearst | Town | Cochrane | 4,794 | 84% |
| Huron Shores | Municipality | Algoma | 1,860 | 5% |
| Ignace | Township | Kenora | 1,206 | 7% |
| Iroquois Falls | Town | Cochrane | 4,418 | 33% |
| Kapuskasing | Town | Cochrane | 8,057 | 63% |
| Kirkland Lake | Town | Timiskaming | 7,750 | 12% |
| Lakeshore | Town | Essex | 40,410 | 5% |
| Laurentian Hills | Town | Renfrew | 2,885 | 6% |
| Laurentian Valley | Township | Renfrew | 9,450 | 5% |
| Manitouwadge | Township | Thunder Bay | 1,974 | 12% |
| Marathon | Town | Thunder Bay | 3,138 | 9% |
| Markstay-Warren | Municipality | Sudbury | 2,708 | 30% |
| Mattawa | Town | Nipissing | 1,881 | 25% |
| Merrickville–Wolford | Village | Leeds and Grenville | 3,135 | 6% |
| Moonbeam | Township | Cochrane | 1,157 | 71% |
| Nipissing | Indian reserve | Nipissing | 1,640 | 14% |
| North Bay | City | Nipissing | 52,662 | 11% |
| North Dundas | Township | Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry | 11,304 | 8% |
| North Glengarry | Township | Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry | 10,144 | 35% |
| North Grenville | Municipality | Leeds and Grenville | 17,964 | 6% |
| North Stormont | Township | Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry | 7,400 | 26% |
| Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands | Town | Manitoulin | 2,641 | 5% |
| Ottawa | City | Single-tier municipality | 1,017,449 | 13% |
| Pembroke | City | Renfrew | 14,364 | 6% |
| Penetanguishene | Town | Simcoe | 10,077 | 8% |
| Petawawa | Town | Renfrew | 18,160 | 10% |
| Russell | Township | Prescott and Russell | 19,598 | 38% |
| Sables-Spanish Rivers | Township | Sudbury | 3,237 | 9% |
| St. Charles | Municipality | Sudbury | 1,357 | 41% |
| Smooth Rock Falls | Town | Cochrane | 1,200 | 58% |
| South Glengarry | Township | Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry | 13,330 | 25% |
| South Stormont | Township | Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry | 13,570 | 14% |
| Temiskaming Shores | City | Timiskaming | 9,634 | 28% |
| Terrace Bay | Township | Thunder Bay | 1,528 | 4% |
| The Nation | Municipality | Prescott and Russell | 13,350 | 63% |
| Timmins | City | Cochrane | 41,145 | 33% |
| Tiny | Township | Simcoe | 12,966 | 7% |
| Wawa | Municipality | Algoma | 2,705 | 17% |
| Welland | City | Niagara | 55,750 | 7% |
| West Nipissing | Municipality | Nipissing | 14,583 | 56% |
A number of small municipalities also have high francophone populations. These include the francophone-majority municipalities of Dubreuilville (79%), Fauquier-Strickland (68%), Mattice-Val Côté (82%), Opasatika (63%), and Val Rita-Harty (71%).
Small francophone-minority municipalities include Baldwin (11%), Billings (10%), Brethour (10%), Calvin (10%), Casey (42%), Chamberlain (6%), Chapleau Cree Fox Lake (8%), Charlton and Dack (5%), Cobalt (13%), Coleman (25%), Dokis (10%), Dorion (5%), Evanturel (9%), Gauthier (17%), Harley (28%), Harris (30%), Head, Clara and Maria (6%), Hornepayne (10%), Hilliard (21%), Hudson (18%), James (19%), Jocelyn (7%), Kerns (11%), Larder Lake (19%), Latchford (11%), Matachewan (17%), Matachewan (15%), Mattagami (5%), Mattawan (26%), McGarry (38%), Nairn and Hyman (9%), Temagami (13%), The North Shore (15%), Papineau-Cameron (22%), Spanish (18%), Thornloe (28%), and White River (13%).
- ^ a b "2021 Census Profile". 29 March 2023.