La Francophonie - French culture !
Well, March went by fast, and I meant to post something about "La Francophonie" - which just means, for monolingual English speakers, the French-speaking world. March was the month of La Francophonie, and I've been thinking specifically about the French-Canadian version, since so much of my genealogy research, for my own family and for clients, is based in French-speaking Canada, mainly what is now the province of Quebec, although not only Quebec. Globally there are 321 million speakers of French, and they are on every continent. 26 different countries have French as an official language.
In Canada, as of the most recent Census, in 2021, those whose first language is French comprise 22% of the population, over 8 million people. (Canada's population is almost 37 million.)
Almost 10.7 million Canadians can converse in French.
Nearly 1.7 million young Canadians are studying French as a second language.
6.6 million Canadians (18% of the population) are bilingual (English and French).
The rate of bilingualism is highest in Quebec (46.4%) and then New Brunswick (34%).
New Brunswick is the only Canadian province which is officially bilingual.
Canada is officially bilingual, but each province also has its own language policy.
47.6% of Francophones are bilingual.
9% of Anglophones are bilingual.
11.5% of Allophones (those whose first language is neither French or English) are bilingual in English and French.
This information came from Wikipedia, Canada.ca/en/immigration-refugees-citizenship/services/settle-canada/francophone-communities/history.html, and from StatsCan.
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