[firmbeliever]

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

[edzmedz]

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.

[Greg Quinn]

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.

[firmbeliever]

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

[Lowtax4eva]

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.

[firmbeliever]

Merci

[NeedKarma]

Ex-Quebecer here. Et parfaitement bilingue aussi.

[firmbeliever]

Ex-Quebecer here. Et parfaitement bilingue aussi.

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?

[firmbeliever]

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

[NeedKarma]

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

Where do you live FB?

[firmbeliever]

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

Where do you live FB?

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

[edzmedz]

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..

[firmbeliever]

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..

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?:)

[NeedKarma]

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..

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.

[firmbeliever]

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

Regional accents.

[mjl]

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