Francophone Canadians

Francophone Canadians or French-speaking Canadians are citizens of Canada who speak French, and sometimes refers only to those who speak it as their first language.

In 2021, 10,669,575 people in Canada or 29.2% of the total population spoke French, including 7,651,360 people or 20.8% who declared French as their mother tongue.

[1][2] Six million French-speaking Canadians reside in Quebec, where they constitute the main linguistic group, and another one million reside in other Canadian regions.

The largest portion of Francophones outside Quebec live in Ontario, followed by New Brunswick, but they can be found in all provinces and territories.

), the exception being Acadians, who constitute their own cultural group and live in Acadia, in the Maritime provinces.

Map of Canada with English speakers and French speakers at a percentage
Approximately 98 percent of Canadians can speak either or both English and French : [ 3 ]
English – 57%
English and French – 16% ( Bilingual belts )
French – 21%
Sparsely populated area (< 0.4 persons per km 2 )