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Whistler? Not french at all, other than some French people on vacation there. More German tourists than french. Probably more Japanese too. Really nothing french at all about Whistler. Or anywhere on the west coast or even in the western half of Canada for that matter.

im not talking tourists, talking popupation.

https://www.hipurbangirl.com/whistle...h-in-whistler/

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04-26-2023 , 04:15 PM

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even the president Trudeau has a French name. I bet he is and speaks french.

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even the president Trudeau has a French name. I bet he is and speaks french.

Oui

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04-26-2023 , 04:25 PM

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yeah he is French, so is Celine Dion and Alanis Morisette and Michael Bublet and Mario Lemieux.

there are many French colonies and Canada was one of them.

I'm actually more fascinated with the French colonies in the Caribbean.

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04-26-2023 , 04:27 PM

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Oui

merci lol

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04-26-2023 , 04:56 PM

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my friend is from whistler (I think) and his name is Pierre (last name sounds even more French) so I do know some facts.

"The highest Francophone population is in Whistler with 5.3 per cent of its population speaking French as a mother tongue."

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Gosh, thanks for your history lesson, and attempting to tell Canadians about their francophone celebrities. I guess 3 out of 4 isn't bad, but we probably could have figured that out without you.

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04-26-2023 , 05:02 PM

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if the French would have had a better navy fleet, we would all be speaking French now not english and eating fine French cuisine. instead the brits won and gave us fish and chips and ham and eggs.

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04-26-2023 , 05:13 PM

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We're a bilingual country; why you think a town with 5.3% speaking French as a mother tongue is somehow significant, I have no idea. There have to be dozens, if not hundreds, of communities in Canada, outside Quebec, with more people speaking French as a mother tongue.

Hint: You might want to look into what "The highest Francophone population" is comparing to.

Gosh, thanks for your history lesson, and attempting to tell Canadians about their francophone celebrities. I guess 3 out of 4 isn't bad, but we probably could have figured that out without you.

I'm just trying to establish the parameters of this discussion. 7 Million French is too low of a number? isn't the number of French Canadian higher? I mean even your president is basically French Canadian, and the president is usually representing the majority of a country. maybe 7 million is a lot, idk, it seemed like too little considering 7 million is often the size of some urban cities and Canada being a country.

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if the French would have had a better navy fleet, we would all be speaking French now not english and eating fine French cuisine. instead the brits won and gave us fish and chips and ham and eggs.

You do know why Canada did not send out its Navy in WW2?

No wind

Quebec is the black sheep of Canada .

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I'm just trying to establish the parameters of this discussion. 7 Million French is too low of a number? isn't the number of French Canadian higher?

I think it's close to 8 million, and with our population of around 38 million, that sounds about right.

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I mean even your president is basically French Canadian, and the president is usually representing the majority of a country. maybe 7 million is a lot, idk, it seemed like too little considering 7 million is often the size of some urban cities and Canada being a country.

Kind of weird to think that country's leaders usually represent the majority of a country in all ways. Lots of countries have leaders that are in the minority in some respect whether it's ethnicity, religion, language, or something else. But we've already had some discussion in this thread about the unique circumstances here that have led to a lot of French Canadian Prime Ministers; perhaps reading that would help.

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04-26-2023 , 05:36 PM

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Makes sense more french people end up in politics, that's where most of the idiots end up.

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04-26-2023 , 06:22 PM

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I think it's close to 8 million, and with our population of around 38 million, that sounds about right.

Kind of weird to think that country's leaders usually represent the majority of a country in all ways. Lots of countries have leaders that are in the minority in some respect whether it's ethnicity, religion, language, or something else. But we've already had some discussion in this thread about the unique circumstances here that have led to a lot of French Canadian Prime Ministers; perhaps reading that would help.

good post bobo thanks.

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04-26-2023 , 06:24 PM

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You do know why Canada did not send out its Navy in WW2?

No wind

Quebec is the black sheep of Canada .

lol that sounds funny.
I need to look into that.

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