Well, child, let me tell you how horrible those French Canadians (or if you want to know, it’s supposed to be Quebecois, but who cares) are.

• As with the English anthem, the French anthem is sang in special events, including sports (and of course the Olympics where it’s usually sang twice, both in French and in English).
  
• Quebec is the biggest province (second after Nunavut when it comes to administrative divisions) but the second most populated after Ontaria (because a lot of Quebec territory is too cold for it to be comfortable), the only one with only French as official language (though most of its population can actually speak and understand English). The province began as a French territory before becoming an English territory with the rest of the country (though Quebec actually fought to keep every ounce of culture it could save from assimilation. It also has one of the world’s largest reserves of fresh water with half a million lakes and 4 500 rivers.
  
• Quebec means “where the river narrows”.
  
• Quebec’s official bird is the snowy owl. Why is it important? No reason, I just love owls.
  

Many wars, crisis and rebellion formed the Quebec of today, starting really from the Seven Years War and the Capitulation of New France. If it is the English name given to it, Quebeckers (or French Canadians if you wish) called it “La Guerre de la Conquête” (or “The War of Conquest”). Even if the Quebec Act wasn’t part of the crisis happening in Boston around 1773, many thought its timing related and in 1775, the American Continental army invaded Canada. The attack failed and 10 000 loyalists came to Canada, destroying effectively the politics in place and soon causing the separation of both French and English speakers in Upper and Lower Canada. The Patriots Rebellion followed and what was formerly the Province of Canada became Ontaria and Quebec.

World War I and II arrived and while Canada was for a conscription from their mother colony, French Canadians were not as much in agreement to it and despite participating in both wars, it quickly let to the Conscription Crisis in 1917. It’s the Quiet Revolution under Maurice Duplessis that saw the decrease in power of the Anglo supremacy in Quebec’s economy and the decrease of the Roman Catholic Church’s influence.

Despite some tries to become independent, Quebec is still a part of Canada.


It’s near the same as Canadian stereotypes really. Quebecois (or Quebecker or French Canadians, but really Quebeckers is more negative I think and Quebecois is the French word used in English most of the time) live in igloos, we wear plaids, ride polar bears, etc. But there are some new stereotypes such as they only eat poutine, they’re French (so obviously they’re rude and they smoke a lot). I think most French and most Quebecois would not take kindly to that since both do prefer to say they might be cousins, but they’re not the same.

French Canadians will hate you if you’re a tourist and you can’t speak French: it’s not usually true. Most people are bilingual, at least in many cities of the province and will or try to understand you or try to help in other ways. Sure, some people are going to be rude, but welcome to planet Earth. Every country has its idiots.

Shops are usually judged on a higher standard and are indeed expected to speak French. As would shops be expected to know English if they were based everywhere else in Canada.


They’re just rude separatists: it’s a political view. It’s long to explain and won’t be in here.
Most French Canadians don’t actually hate other Canadians. Some do. So does the other side. It happens between neighbors.

Maple syrup: Yep, they like their maple syrup. Everywhere. On everything. It’s hilarious.

I think that’s about what can be squeezed in this.

There is a lot more to both the country and the province (like how Canada has the most beautiful scenery you’ll find on Earth and how Montreal and Vancouver are among the most advanced in everything that has to do with movies, special effects and tv shows).

It’s to be known that most of French Canadians TV shows are not that good, but that’s because the province can’t afford the talent (yes, they can’t afford their own stuff, it’s wonderful) American movies and shows actually can.

Vancouver and Montreal are also very desired places for shoots and filming, not simply for montage, CGI and other technical abilities.

Anecdote nobody cares about: the new series of X-men movies had many scenes filmed in Montreal.

Eternal Knight wrote:

Anecdote nobody cares about: the new series of X-men movies had many scenes filmed in Montreal.

This remind me that ONCE is also filmed in Canada, and I think in Montreal too =p


Thanks for sharing the information ^_^

I go to Quebec for two things: maple syrup and bagels. (St-Viateur!)

^Have you ever had their maple sugar candies? They're just straight maple sugar in the shape of maple leaves. They're fantastic!

Or our maple cookies in the form of our canadian leaves with maple cream between the two cookies (a bit like oreos, but stereotypically canadian).

It's wonderful in milk.