Do all Canadians know /speak in French?
Or is that a culturally different part of a mixed Canadian society?

Not at all firmbeleiver. It's only mostly in Quebec and the regions not far to it. Although u might find some Canadians in English-speaking areas like in Toronto etc who speak French, they are not the majority.

Quebec is our lovely french province that does not want to be a part of Canada, and you are more likely to find an Arab or a chinese person in western Canada. But most of our cities have a small french community.

Cool!
Thanks for the help.
So it would not be right to assume all Canadians will know a little French?

No it wouldn't be right to assume that.

I live in Quebec and although I know french my dad doesn't know a word and he lived here all his life.

Merci

Ex-Quebecer here. Et parfaitement bilingue aussi.

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Ex-Quebecer here. Et parfaitement bilingue aussi.

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I am not that good in French.Never got the chance to practice in real life:)
You being perfectly bilingual is amazing.

EDIT:::And why Ex-Quebecer?

Those not in Quebec speak in English or is it a different language?

Moved to be with my now wife. Other lamguage there is English.

Where do you live FB?

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Moved to be with my now wife. Other lamguage there is English.

Where do you live FB?

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Too far off to be able to practice my French:)

But the French in Quebec is weird. The accent is more ermmmm how do u say "anglicanized", they chew the words and some words are pure english lol. But then again French slang in Paris also uses Arabic words and other influences etc..

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but the French in Quebec is weird. The accent is more ermmmm how do u say "anglicanized", they chew the words and some words are pure english lol. But then again French slang in Paris also uses Arabic words and other influences etc..

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So,
If I were to hear a Canadian speak French and then hear a Parisian speak French, I will not be hearing the same accent?:)

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but the French in Quebec is weird. The accent is more ermmmm how do u say "anglicanized", they chew the words and some words are pure english lol. But then again French slang in Paris also uses Arabic words and other influences etc..

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There are regional accents in every language of the world. In Quebec you are referring to the "joual" which is a working class french. The english in the language reflects the fact that they are surrounded the english speaking people.

In large metropolitan areas of France there is indeed a smattering of arab and spanish and english, which reflects the influx of muslims are being surrounded by the british and the spanish.

Nk,
That is true, I hadn't thought of it like that.

Regional accents.

I'm Canadian and I don't speak a word of french. That would be like saying all Americans speak spanish (not true)