There are anglicisms that have crept into France which have been rejected in Quebec but however there are lots of English words in French-Canadian and they usually come from North American society. Of course the North American world of English is not just Canada, but the United States.
The whole North American continent north of Rio Grande with its power, greed, generosity, all its energy and contradictions, is English-speaking.
North American English societies have had such success at assimilating other languages and they have developed almost contempt for others.
In the US the principle is of a national melting pot, in which all the immigrant languages are finally melted down into English. The Canadian position, however, is that Canada is a bilingual country.
Its English inhabitants don’t need to speak French, but the number who do it, is growing and, in the long run, may be of real significance for the future of the country.
French has been recognised as an official language of Canada, such as English.
It’s the official language of administration, parliament and federal government.
Quebec is the centre of French-speaking people and it’s one of the most populated city of Canada.
People: unity through diversity
Canada has one of the lowest population densities in the world.
At present about 25million people live in Canada. Almost a third of the entire population lives in the great metropolitan areas of Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver.
Nearly half of the population is of British origin and the 25% is of French origin.
Quebec is the heart of French Canada but large numbers of French Canadians live in New Brunswick and Ontario. A quarter of the population is of neither French nor British origin.
Most of these Canadians came from European countries, escaping from poverty, war or tyranny.
The Indians and Inuit (Eskimos), the native peoples of Canada, represent today only the 1.5% of the country’s population. They came from Asia in prehistoric times and today most of them live in the Northwest territories and in the Yukon.
Although English and French are the official ones, almost a hundred languages are spoken throughout the country. 60% of the Canadians are English speakers and the 25% are French.
The rest have various mother tongues.
Also the Indians and Inuit have kept their native languages: the Indians have got 52different ones.