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13 unusual facts about Canadian French


André Roy

Although born in Port Chester, New York, André was raised in Saint-Jérôme, Quebec and speaks fluent French.

Canadian Federation of University Women

The Canadian Federation of University Women (CFUW) (French: Fédération canadienne des femmes diplômées des universités FCFDU) is a non-profit equality-seeking organization of female university graduates, students, and associated members, headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick

The Court of Queen's Bench of New Brunswick (in French: Cour du Banc de la Reine du Nouveau-Brunswick) is the superior court of the Canadian province of New Brunswick.

Crappie

The common name (also spelled croppie or crappé), derives from the Canadian French crapet, which refers to many different fishes of the sunfish family.

Hallandale Beach, Florida

As of the year 2000, English was spoken as a first language by 59.66% of the population and Spanish by 19.50%; the "southernmost Canadian city" also had French spoken by 5.23% of the population, with the majority being French Canadians.

Libby Davies

On September 22, 2011, Davies declined to stand as a candidate for the leadership of the New Democrats, citing her inability to speak French as a factor.

New Brunswick New Democratic Party

Allison Brewer was elected as party leader in 2005, yet faced challenges due to her inability to speak French and a lack of pragmatic party policies.

Ontario Health Insurance Plan

The Ontario Health Insurance Plan (in French: Assurance-Santé de l'Ontario, and commonly known in both languages by the acronym OHIP, pronounced "oh-hip") is the government-run health insurance plan for the Canadian province of Ontario.

President's Choice

President's Choice (French: Le choix du Président) also known as “PC”, is a private label or store brand owned by Loblaw Companies Limited, Canada’s largest food retailer.

Red River Rebellion

He was opposed by the French-speaking, mostly Métis inhabitants of the settlement.

Regional Italian

A significant number of endangered dialects have survived, they've been passed on generationally to varying degrees, and have kept innumerable archaisms as well as have adopted linguistic features and lexical borrowings from American English, Canadian English, Canadian French, and Latin American Spanish, respective to the milieu of the individual community in question.

Supper

The term is derived from the French souper, which is still used for this meal in Canadian French, Swiss French, and sometimes in Belgian French.

Visible minority

The qualifier "visible" is important in the Canadian context where political divisions have traditionally been determined by language (English vs. French) and religion (Catholics vs. Protestants) — "invisible" traits.