Discovering Canada Community portraits

Located 450 km from Edmonton in very fertile farming land with a...

Beaumont: Preserving its Francophone heritage

The village of Beaumont, located five kilometres south of Edmonton, was...

Celebrating Francophone art and culture in Alberta

Saskatchewan | Community portraits

Most Franco-Albertans are of French Canadian descent, but the community...

Regina, in the centre of Saskatchewan’s vibrant Francophone community

Saskatchewan’s Francophone community, also called Fransaskoisie,...

The dream of rural Francophone communities in southern Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan | Community portraits

In Willow Bunch and St. Victor, two neighbouring villages located 190 km...

The St. Joseph Museum: In memory of the southern Manitoba’s Francophone pioneers

Manitoba | Community portraits

The village of St. Joseph is located 100 kilometres south of Winnipeg,...

Deep Francophone roots in the Windsor region

Prince Edward Island | Community portraits

In 1701, the French founded Detroit, the first permanent European...

Tadoussac: a little place with giant attractions

Québec | Community portraits

Located on a spectacular bay, at the entrance of the majestic Saguenay...

Écomusée du fier monde: A community museum showcasing the history of industry and labour in Montreal

Québec | Community portraits

The Écomusée du fier monde is the brainchild of community organizations...

Wendake, the heritage of a great nation

Québec | Community portraits

The descendants of the powerful Huron-Wendat nation live in Wendake, one...

The vibrant Acadian community of Abram Village

Abram Village is in the Evangeline region of Prince Edward Island, the...

Saint John, a creative and dynamic Francophone community

One of the founders of Acadia, Charles de La Tour, built a fortified fur...

Edmundston, Madawaska and the heritage of the Acadian Brayons

The Madawaska region in northwestern New Brunswick served as a refuge for...

The giant Acadian flag at Saint-Louis-de-Kent and the Acadian giant who designed it

The Acadian flag is the most popular Acadian national symbol. It proudly...

Shippagan, Lamèque and Miscou, in the heart of coastal Acadia

Nova Scotia | Community portraits

In the northeastern part of New Brunswick, on the tip of the Acadian...

Isle Madame, an Acadian community anchored in the sea

The people of Isle Madame, located southwest of Cape Breton Island,...

St. John’s, Newfoundland’s capital and the centre of the island’s Francophone community

Newfoundland and Labrador | Community portraits

Located in the northeast of the Avalon Peninsula, St. John’s is the...

Vancouver’s vibrant Francophonie community and culture

British Colombia | Community portraits

In Vancouver, Canada’s culturally diverse West Coast metropolis, the...

St. Claude, Manitoba: Its francophone heritage and its museums

Manitoba | Community portraits

St. Claude is a lovely Franco-Manitoban town located about a hundred...

Sudbury, a long-standing hub of Franco-Ontarian culture

With the arrival of the railway in Sudbury in 1883, large numbers of...

Ontario’s Francophone North: Nature, Culture, and Hospitality

Roughly half of Cochrane District’s 80,000 residents are Francophones...

The Legislative Assembly in Fredericton, the Acadians and their political heritage

New Brunswick is Canada’s only officially bilingual province, and has...

The military heritage of the P’tit Sault Blockhouse in Edmundston

In the year 2000 in Edmundston, the Madawaska Historical Society...

Fort Beauséjour – Fort Cumberland, a Turning Point for Canada’s Francophones

Nova Scotia | Community portraits

The French Forces of New France built Fort Beauséjour in 1751 to assert...

Celebrations in Saint Mary’s Bay and at the Festival acadien de Clare

Saint Mary’s Bay is home to the largest French-mother-tongue Acadian...

Port au Port Peninsula, Francophone heritage in Newfoundland

Newfoundland and Labrador | Community portraits

Located on Newfoundland’s west coast, Port au Port, was one of the first...

The Aberdeen Cultural Centre, a Francophone artistic hub in Moncton

The Aberdeen Cultural Centre, founded in 1993, is a major creative and...

The Pays de la Sagouine, the imaginary Acadian world of Antonine Maillet

Nova Scotia | Community portraits

On Île-aux-Puces, at Bouctouche, the stories of author Antonine Maillet...

Sainte-Anne University, a flagship Francophone institution in Nova Scotia

Sainte-Anne University, the only Francophone university in Nova Scotia, is...

University of Moncton, the keystone of Acadian development

The University of Moncton is not only the largest Francophone university...

The prosperous Acadian community of Greater Moncton

For a generation now, Acadians have been participating in the development...

Acadian Historic Village of Caraquet: reliving Acadia’s history

Located at the heart of the Acadian Peninsula, the marvelous Acadian...

Monument-Lefebvre of Memramcook: Acadian Renaissance and contemporary cultural vitality

Monument-Lefebvre, inaugurated in 1897, is a magnificent stone building...

Centre francophone de Toronto, at the heart of Toronto’s multiethnic Francophone community

Manitoba | Community portraits

The Centre francophone de Toronto helps to support the well-being and...

St. Pierre Jolys, a welcoming rural Francophone community

Fifty kilometers south of Winnipeg, St. Pierre Jolys is located in a very...

Edmonton’s La Cité francophone: A Showcase for French Language and Culture