French ancestry in Canada & USA

[Peterski]

For Quebec "French mother tongue" is used (because many French people there declare "Canadian" ethnicity).

For other Canadian provinces a sum of French + Acadian + Quebecois ethnicities (figures from 2016 census).

For U.S. states a sum of French + French Canadian + Acadian/Cajun ancestries (1980 and 1990 censuses).

Regions that are >10% French:

CAN Quebec - 76.2%
USA Vermont - 31.3%
USA New Hampshire - 30%
CAN New Brunswick - 26%*
USA Maine - 26%
USA Louisiana - 23%
USA Rhode Island - 22%
CAN Prince Edward Island - 21%
CAN Nova Scotia - 19%
USA Massachusetts - 17%
CAN Yukon - 15%
USA Connecticut - 12%
CAN Manitoba - 12%
CAN Saskatchewan - 12%
CAN Northwest Territories - 11%
CAN Alberta - 10.3%
CAN Ontario - 10.2%

*I've seen posts by one Acadian user on another forum saying over 30% in New Brunswick are French.



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French ancestry increases to the west of pre-1803 French-American border:

[Peterski]

Detailed numbers for Canada (2016 census):

Quebec total population - 8164361
French mother tongue* - 6219665 (76.2%)

*French alone ("English-French" bilinguals not included).

For other provinces I used ethnicity not mother tongue:

New Brunswick population - 747101
French ethnicity - 163270
Acadian ethnicity - 29505
Quebecois ethnicity - 770
TOTAL - 193545 (25.9%)**

**I've seen estimates >30% French in New Brunswick.

Prince Edward Island pop. - 142907
French ethnicity - 25950
Acadian ethnicity - 3485
Quebecois ethnicity - 0
TOTAL - 29435 (20.6%)

Nova Scotia population - 923598
French ethnicity - 149665
Acadian ethnicity - 23700
Quebecois ethnicity - 380
TOTAL - 173745 (18.8%)

Yukon population - 35874
French ethnicity - 5060
Acadian ethnicity - 165
Quebecois ethnicity - 85
TOTAL - 5310 (14.8%)

Manitoba population - 1278365
French ethnicity - 148810
Acadian ethnicity - 645
Quebecois ethnicity - 280
TOTAL - 149735 (11.7%)

Saskatchewan pop. - 1098352
French ethnicity - 125810
Acadian ethnicity - 485
Quebecois ethnicity - 240
TOTAL - 126535 (11.5%)

Northwest Territories pop. - 41786
French ethnicity - 4230
Acadian ethnicity - 250
Quebecois ethnicity - 35
TOTAL - 4515 (10.8%)

Alberta population - 4067175
French ethnicity - 411560
Acadian ethnicity - 5545
Quebecois ethnicity - 1380
TOTAL - 418485 (10.3%)

Ontario population - 13448494
French ethnicity - 1350520
Acadian ethnicity - 16580
Quebecois ethnicity - 5390
TOTAL - 1372490 (10.2%)

British Columbia pop. - 4648055
French ethnicity - 388815
Acadian ethnicity - 3940
Quebecois ethnicity - 1830
TOTAL - 394585 (8.5%)

Newfoundland-Labrador pop. - 519716
French ethnicity - 26845
Acadian ethnicity - 490
Quebecois ethnicity - 100
TOTAL - 27435 (5.3%)

Nunavut population - 35944
French ethnicity - 1485
Acadian ethnicity - 105
Quebecois ethnicity - 50
TOTAL - 1640 (4.6%)

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Most of these figures are probably underestimated because a large number of people with French ancestry identify as "Canadian ethnicity". In Quebec, most of self-identified "Canadians" are in fact French. But in other provinces most of "Canadians" are likely people with British ancestry.

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Quebec apart from being >75% French is the least English region of North America, with just 3% reporting English ancestry:

https://www.theapricity.com/forum/sh...-S-1980-census

Even in places like Nunavut and Hawaii more people report having English ancestry than in Quebec.