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We have many French cultures in Canada besides Quebecois. There are Acadian people in The Maritimes they are not Quebecois many forced to flee to Louisiana and

We have many French cultures in Canada besides Quebecois. There are Acadian people in The Maritimes they are not Quebecois many forced to flee to Louisiana and are called Cajuns. Non-Quebecois French people in Ontario and the prairies, plus Metis (French+First Nations) on the prairies too. Other distinct cultures in Canada would be Newfoundland a separate nation for years. Plus all the First Nations across Canada and Inuit in the northern territories and Labrador goes without saying. You could even add the 500,000 Ukrainians on the prairies a culture going back probably 150 years. Chinese culture too first starting in the province of BC since probably 1800 older than my own Irish culture the majority who only came here in the mid 1800s to 1870s.

rcme 4y ago
And none of those cultures have cultures nearly as strong as the Quebecois, which is basically a global cultural brand at this point.
- detaro 4y ago
  "global cultural brand" is a terrible way of measuring "strength" of a culture. (I'd hope for the people of Quebec that there is more to their culture than the brand, which is approximately "the weird Canadians that try to out-french the French")
  - rcme 4y ago
    There have been many North American cultures imported from Europe. In the US and Canada, they all tend to die out after a certain amount of time. E.g. the Spanish had a colony in Florida. The Dutch had a claims to the Hudson valley in NY/NJ. Lots of Scandinavian settled the frontier. Italians in the NYC area. The list goes on. Quebec is one of the oldest cultures in the former British NA colonies. Say whatever you want about the Quebecois, they know how ti preserve their culture.
- dghughes 4y ago
  Yeah Acadian/Cajun totally unknown of /s
  - rcme 4y ago
    https://www.theadvocate.com/curious_louisiana/curious-louisiana-how-many-people-speak-cajun-french-in-our-state/article_947551b6-a982-11ed-b305-d7c4959e9102.html https://www.theadvocate.com/curious_louisiana/curious-louisi... > Some data suggest there are perhaps 120,000 French speakers in the state, down from about 1 million just 60 years ago. Of those, perhaps 20,000 speak Cajun French, others traditional French. Sounds like the culture is thriving.

rcme 4y ago

And none of those cultures have cultures nearly as strong as the Quebecois, which is basically a global cultural brand at this point.

detaro 4y ago
"global cultural brand" is a terrible way of measuring "strength" of a culture. (I'd hope for the people of Quebec that there is more to their culture than the brand, which is approximately "the weird Canadians that try to out-french the French")
- rcme 4y ago
  There have been many North American cultures imported from Europe. In the US and Canada, they all tend to die out after a certain amount of time. E.g. the Spanish had a colony in Florida. The Dutch had a claims to the Hudson valley in NY/NJ. Lots of Scandinavian settled the frontier. Italians in the NYC area. The list goes on. Quebec is one of the oldest cultures in the former British NA colonies. Say whatever you want about the Quebecois, they know how ti preserve their culture.
dghughes 4y ago
Yeah Acadian/Cajun totally unknown of /s
- rcme 4y ago
  https://www.theadvocate.com/curious_louisiana/curious-louisiana-how-many-people-speak-cajun-french-in-our-state/article_947551b6-a982-11ed-b305-d7c4959e9102.html https://www.theadvocate.com/curious_louisiana/curious-louisi... > Some data suggest there are perhaps 120,000 French speakers in the state, down from about 1 million just 60 years ago. Of those, perhaps 20,000 speak Cajun French, others traditional French. Sounds like the culture is thriving.