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Consider coming to a Canadian Francophone community outside Quebec.

You can visit, study, work temporarily or settle permanently in one of these communities.

Canada has two official languages: English and French.

Most French-speaking Canadians live in Quebec; however, over 1,000,000 Francophones live outside Quebec, in nine provinces and three territories.

Build your Future

Canada seeks to attract more French speakers to help Francophone minority communities prosper. You are considered a French speaker if:

your mother tongue is French; or
your mother tongue is neither French nor English, but French is the official language in which you feel more at ease.

The size of francophone communities in cities and towns outside Quebec varies. All provinces and territories in Canada have a francophone population.

The working language in these communities is usually English.

Education and health care services are run by the provinces and territories. Their availability in French depends on the region.

Réseau de développement économique et d’employabilité (RDÉE)
Profiles of francophone communities outside Quebec
Provincial and territorial websites for French services — links to each province and territory’s official immigration and French services site
Provincial and territorial Francophone organizations — contact information and websites of francophone organizations, by province
Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada — main organization that speaks for Canadian francophone minority communities at the national and international levels
Official language organizations
Canadian offices abroad — find the Canadian embassy in your country
Going to Canada — information to help you visit Canada or immigrate here
Official languages of Canada — more Government of Canada information