What do you know about life in the province of Quebec in Canada?

2019-06-22 2019-06-22T21:39:22Z
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Weather of Arabia - the people of Quebec , the largest French-speaking province in Canada, are proud of being different from their neighbors, and this feeling extends from the language they speak to food and dishes and beyond cultural manifestations, and if there is anything that unites all Quebec residents, it is the love of life with Fun and serious.

  • In the province of Quebec, French must be the dominant language on signage and customer reception, as there are many laws that support the continuity of Francophone in this Canadian province, such as: laws that dictate to parents whether they can send their children to an English or French school.

  • Quebec's laws are arguably some of the strictest in the world, there is even an entity called the OQLF otherwise known as the Language Police. They enforce the law by imposing fines on non-compliant companies, and they usually wear plain civilian clothes.

  • About 80% of the province's population of about 8 million speak French as a mother tongue. Outside the multicultural city of Montreal, most people only speak French. Molière's language certainly developed greatly in the former French colony.

  • Many Quebecers speak a mobile language, as each region has its own linguistic quirks, and mobile language is usually more creative in the Montreal area where multiple words are combined into one or English terms are dropped with the French pronunciation.

  • Canada's National Day is July 1, but those celebrations are muted in Quebec compared to Saint-Jean-Baptiste's national holiday on June 24, and because it's early summer the festivities take place outdoors, with powerful French-speaking music.

  • Quebecers love hockey, and although Quebecers don't participate in hockey en masse the way they used to, it's still the most popular sport there, and in the winter towns have their own free outdoor rinks.

This article was written originally in Arabic and is translated using a 3rd party automated service. ArabiaWeather is not responsible for any grammatical errors whatsoever.
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