American Reacts to INTERESTING Facts About Québec 

As a Canadian, In Ontario...... I've got to say that Quebec has it right as far as Provincial control goes. They have 4 major parties to choose from. The rest of the provinces have 3 parties to choose from. Also I would like to say that the majority of Quebec people speak at least 2 languages if not 3. The most underrated area of Canada to travel too. I describe Quebec as a country within the country and I certainly can't blame them. Underrated people and province.

I’m a Québécoise and this girl has a lot of funny ideas about people living in the province of Québec. The sidewalk bumping is not a thing. Most of the people give space to others on sidewalk. Most of the people wait at the green light before walking over the other side of the road. People frequently open doors for others. You can eat all kinds of poutines all year round at many restaurants. The cheese kurdes have to be refrigerated after a while. Children of a married couple may have the two last names of their parents but their children don’t have four last names. People decide witch name they keep. Most people in Québec have one or two last names, no more. When people sneeze, we often replied : > so, ya we say something but not always. About our culture, we are different from the rest of Canada but more similar to them then we are to people in France. And personally, I like it a lot when an english speaking person try to speak to me in french and I will let them practice all he or she wants. I think the girl who made the video had a quite narrow experience with the Québécois.

I'm an English speaking person in Quebec. I love it here. I've been to Toronto and Vancouver many times over my lifetime and I will always prefer Montreal to anywhere else in Canada. The rest of Canada bashes Quebec all the time but I think they are just jealous of us.

As a French-speaking Quebecer, having a point of view on Quebec from a non-Quebecer does not necessarily reflect reality. to make up your own mind, you have to visit it

The translation for the French Words that she used are expression 1-De toute façon = Anyways 2-Dans le fonds = all Things considered 3- Genre= like

Quebec is filled with lakes and mountains. It is one of the most beautiful places on the planet without question.

I am originally from Vancouver and have lived in Montreal for several decades. The French speaking people in Quebec are highly aware of being a linguistic/cultural minority within Canada and are therefore very protective of this (and rightly so). I speak French at home and study/work in both languages. I consider myself to be bi-cultural as well as bilingual. I know Quebec French culture very well and appreciate it greatly. Yes, Quebec definitely is a 'distinct society' a nation within a nation...I kept my name when I got married in Montreal and was happy to do so. Ps our prime minister's wife's legal name is Sophie Gregoire, not Sophie Gregoire-Trudeau as she is referred to in English speaking Canada. They were married in Montreal. In Quebec, she is referred to in French as Sophie Gregoire.

To answer your question Tyler, yes Quebec has tried to become an independant country twice. and not all Canadians appreciate our differences. There are people who like us but there is a lot of Quebec bashing in Canada as well.

Tyler, I'm Québécois. You're the man! You never judge. I respect that so much. Curiosity is a quality that you should be proud of. If you ever come to Québec, I'll be happy to tell you all about it and show you around.

wow, Im a Quebecoise, we talk in english to tourist by respect, most of us do move to let ppl pass. Rare are the time that the door is not held open with a thank you. Btw "genre" is the same as "like" ppl use it way too much XD ♥

I’m so glad that Tyler now says Québécois properly. I love it

Thank you so much for learning more about Québec! My family members are québécois but I mostly grew up in Ontario. It is for sure an amazing culture! Many people outside of Québec might find the people standoffish, but it really depends on how visitors approach visiting the province. If you come with a judgemental attitude based on historical differences, québécois people are super outspoken and will be the first to call you out on it. However, if you come with politeness, an open mind, and an open heart, they will welcome you with open arms and celebrate sharing their culture with you ❤

As a French Canadian from Ontario, I also value the language and our French Canadian culture. It’s part of our identity.

I am from Alberta. I love having French as part of Canada. I think Quebec is an important part of Canada and Canadian history. I know as a child in the 80s Quebec was often spoke of in a negative way, but things have changed greatly with my generation and younger. The importance of Quebec and the French Canadians to Canada are now embraced by most I know. I live in a very small town and the French immersion programs in the schools are taken by the majority of the students. Yes I think English Canada sees Quebec and the French as a way to differentiate us for Americans, but we also see that it is an important part of our history, culture and identity. As time goes by for my part and that of most I know we see a day when there is a Canada where everyone speaks, read and write in both French and English, and not matter what language the conversation started from.😊

In Québec, Canada Day (the equivalent of 4th of july in the US)is not really celebrated, it even became our traditionnal moving day as a joke but seriously everybody that has to move (appartment or house) does it on that day. 😂 Other topic : yes husband and wife have different last names. They can give whichever to their kid or both. Most people don’t even get married. Until the 60’s, the province was so Catholic that there is a saying that we were more Catholic than the pope. Montreal is considered « la ville aux 1000 clôchers » meaning were a city with 1000 churches. But then the quiet revolution happened and the people kicked out the church. Now most people are atheists and don’t marry. In the 90’s there were a referendum to become independent from Canada but we lost at 49,42% against 50,58% ! Since then, no new referendum, the wave of independance seems to have passed with the new generation and the incoming of immigration which brings more diversity. Sometimes there’s political debates between protecting the culture (which is quite different from the rest in north america!) and welcoming newcomers without excluding their culture. We still have yet to figure out that balance between preserving and welcoming to not be assimilated (less people speak french each year).

Quebec helps Canada to differentiate itself from the US! We all should embrace that.

As a Québécoise francophone, when I meet an anglophone and he or she makes an effort to speak french, I appreciate it and don't hesitate to help and even continue the conversation in english.

J’aime vraiment tes vidéos sur mon coin de pays Tyler! Merci de faire connaître à tes concitoyens américains la diversité culturelle du Quebec au sein du Canada! Merci encore!

I am a native Québecois and I am bilingual since the age of fifteen. Just to precise, Quebec has been discovered by Jacques Cartier in 1534 long before Canada confederation in 1867, so we do not consider ourself as a minority but as founding people of Canada . I wanted to bring this precision to your excellent video. I appreciate the work you doing with your humour touch. so as we say in French "it is what it is" Keep on your good work .Salut et à +

I’m from Quebec City and i never had people not moving away when we cross on the sidewalk, we hold doors too. If someone sneeze we don’t give a look. We are proud of our culture but who is not proud of their culture by the way. We are friendly too. Women do not change names anymore when they marry and kids can have both family name or just one it depend on the parents choice. You wont see a kid with 3 or 4 family name by the way lol. The best to make your own opinion is to come visit us 😊.

I was born in Quebec city, I lived almost a year in Alberta, and every question you pop I want to answer it so bad... so glad to see outsiders getting interested in our hidden culture and history. Thanks for the exposure. And visit the old Quebec.. you are going to be blown away

Hello friend, I don't want to be rude to my Canadian fellow, name of Canada and foundation at the very beginning was by Jacque Cartier ( French), than 70% maple syrup comes from Quebec, the poutine comes from Quebec, as well as the cheese curds. Canadian national entem written was by French, and Quebec city is one of the oldest city in north america. And Yes i am Quebecois but fist thing first I AM CANADIAN. take care all🙂

You have Cajun people in Louisiana. They come from an area in Canada called Acadia. The Acadians were expelled from New France in the 1700's. Many settled in Louisiana. The Cajun language and culture is French-based. A book that explains the painful history of French and English historical roots that is helpful is, in my opinion, The Two Solitudes by Hugh MacLennan. I wish all Canadians would read this as well of course books from the French speakers perspective.

Also, beside Céline Dion, she could have mention that the snowmobile is an invention from a Québécois named Armand Bombarbier, the company Bombardier comes from him with the trademark skydoo. Also the Cirque du Soleil was a creation of 2 Québécois native of Baie Saint-Paul. Denis Villeneuve and Marc Vallée are Québécois, and do i have to say what they have done 😅, i'm pretty sure people know some of their movies.

Our culinary culture is a bit beyond poutine. We love good food and we know good food!

The culture in Quebec is not the same as in France as you stated. We share a language, but that language is as different as US English vs UK English, so we understand each other, but expressions and the way we talk is different. Same with other places that has french as one of their main languages, like Cameroon. As for your question about Quebec trying to become its own country, yes, we had 2 referendums about it over the years in 1980 and in 1995. Both times the vote was very tight. The thing about women not changing their names, that change happened in the 80s - i remember my mom asking me and my brother if we would take on her name when that happened (we didn't). Not really true about the sneezing, we usually say 'à tes souhaits" (equivalent to 'bless you'), I think she might have seen an after effect of the pandemic. Quebec cheese curds are the best, she's right about that! :) "Genre" and the other expressions she used at the end is basically the equivalent of saying 'like' in English. And she never talked about our swear words, which are all based on religious things, mostly Catholic religion things. You should look into that. :)

The « not holding the door » thing is not true at all, I am a Québécoise and I am still amazed everyday of how everybody is so nice and kind. About the last names, some are hyphened like she said (both mom and dad’s last names) but not more than two most of the times. We don’t have 7 names. The majority of us just take our dad’s last name. And yes it feels like a whole other country sometimes!!😅 we are proud but the « good » way not the « bad » way And thank you for your respect we really appreciate it 😊

We don't open doors for each other? We don't move on the sidewalk? Our experience is complete opposite....

Not sure where she got the fact that we don't hold doors for people because we do (and if there are 2 doors, we have the traditional thank you in return for the first and head nod for the second one). As for the French expressions, she's saying: - Dans le fond - literally "at the bottom [of things]", it means "all things considered" - De toute façon means "anyway" - Ouais/Ouain means "yeah". If you say "ah ouain" it means "really" and the meaning will change depending on how you say it (just like in English). - Genre is the equivalent of "like" as in: "I was, like, so tired that I fell asleep on the train."

I’m a Québécois and I want you to come and get your own opinion about us cause what that girl was describing it’s not all true but also not false. Thank a lot about your amazing respect for try to understand who we are in the province of Quebec

People in Quebec are very protective of themselves - language and culture. They have their own immigration laws and language laws.

As a first generation Canadian of Italian heritage, my parents wanted both me and my sister to learn both official languages of Canada as well as Italian, which we did manage to do. Even though we were born in British Columbia, we travelled extensively in Québec and I ended up being a French Immersion teacher for 33 years. My sister and I are grateful to our parents for basically inspiring us to become trilingual.

French is a very important part of the lives of people in Northern Maine, Northern New Hampshire and Northern Vermont (and in some areas of Upstate New York), as French is spoken there. I remember crossing from Northern New Brunswick city of Edmunston (which is extremely French) into the Northern Maine city (or town?) of Madawaska to be greeted by an American CBP speaking fluent French. So America is more French than you think!!! YES, Québec tried thru 2 referendums to leave Canada, with one almost passing. Cheers from 🇨🇦.

Quebec is a very distinct part of Canada, and Quebeckers (Quebecois in French) are fiercely proud of their French heritage, culture and language. In fact there have been two referendums where voters were asked whether the province should proclaim sovereignty and become an independent country. Both were defeated; the latter one, in 1995, by a very narrow margin. Quebec is also unique in that the Roman Catholic Church played a very big part in its history as did political parties such as the Union Nationale which focused very much on the catholic and francophone identity of the province within Canada. It might be interesting for you to delve into our story a bit more, including topics such as the Quiet Revolution, the PQ and the FLQ terrorist movement which culminated with Prime Minister Pierre E. Trudeau invoking the War Measures Act. The separatist movement has waned since the 2000s as there has been improved co-operation between the federal and Quebec governments. Also, she's right... Quebec is a beautiful and immense province that boasts some of the most spectacular scenery in Canada, like the Eastern Townships, Laurentides, Gaspesie and Charlevoix regions to name but a few.

I live in New Brunswick, Canada. We are the only province with both English and French as official languages. It's pretty interesting.

I arrived Québec less 1 year ago and I like me so much, I highlight the Quebecer's pride and really like it, the pride of their culture that I find very interesting for me, if I were to go to other provinces I don't know if would find friendly people like here. This situation is general reminds me to Lima and Arequipa in Peru, almost the same.

I was rather shocked when you said you didn’t know Celine Dion was from Quebec. You couldn’t get an any more French name than hers!

Quebec is more than a culture within a culture, it is its own thing. Also, we are as much French as Americans are English (UK), french stereotypes do not apply to us. The "not holding door" thing isn't true though. Good video! It's always heartwarming when others want to learn more about us!

As a Québécois I find it fascinating to listen to you. You seem to be very perceptive and open-minded. Good video !

Hi Tyler, here are some explanations on French Canadians expressions. 1- "genre" it means "like". Watching American TV, most young people keep repeating the word "like" in a conversation. In Québec, they will say "genre" n the same fashion as young Americans will frequently use a multitude of "like" in a conversation. 2- "Dans le fond" means "In reality" 3- "De toute façon" means "Any way" kind of easy as there are frequently used American expressions that have a French equivalent. I really like your RU-vid videos on Canada. Had e few good chuckles watching. I am French Canadian and like most of us I am bilingual. Enjoy !

She’s describing the metropolitan life, it’s pretty different the more you get away from those big cities.

"its impressive that there is a whole province of people that are billingual" its the whole point of it and yes anyone from outside the province is considered a tourist

A bit of history here. Until the 70's almost all big businesses in Québec were run by english people from ROC (rest of Canada), especially from Toronto. They treated Quebecers as a low life bunch, illiterate white slaves. This is mostly done, but A LOT of resentment of that time is still in the mind of Quebecers and explain our susceptibility in cultural and political matters. Add to that the fact of having a 8 millions of french speaking people in a north america sea of 360 millions english speaking people, the survival reflexes are never very far... Last names... Not so on point. My children are 25 and 22. They have the 2 last names, but there about the last ones in that trend (and they blame me for it!). Most of their friends have only one last name (usually the father's) and its now very rare to have newborns given two last names. Genre: like/its like (used A LOT, even every few words, by young people). Dans le fond: bottom line (not used as much a she said) En tout cas: anyway.

I'm an anglophone from the west and we are very proud of our french bilingualism.

As a French Canadian in Vancouver BC for over 15 years, this was very funny. Thankfully I could take my Husband’s name since I got married here in BC. But yes there is a law that came into effect in 1981 that women cannot take their husband’s last name. Quebec is French because it was discovered by a French explorer back in the 1600s. It was the first Canada and Canada was only Quebec for the longest time until the rest was discovered. I miss my Poutine for sure and it is not nearly as good here in Vancouver 😢 Cirque Du Soleil was also founded by Guy Laliberté, from Québec. Celine Dion is from a tiny village in Quebec called Charlemagne and got VERY famous in Quebec and France before becoming famous in the states in the 90s. Growing up, we watched our very own TV channels with shows made by quebecois people, tv series, cartoons, everything. We have our own music style and our own movies, etc. Definitely, Quebec has a strong culture and BC doesn’t at all, lol. Really enjoyed that video but also kinda surprised at how much people don’t know anything about Quebec 😂

I am an oddity. Born and raised in the Gaspesie, specifically L'anse au Brilliant, or Brilliant Cove and grew up English, which is rare in rural Quebec. There was no better place to grow up in my opinion. Lived in Montreal for a long time before moving to Edmonton. You only realize how great of a city Montreal and it's amazing food and culture is when you move away. I love my francophone people, and there are some here and I always try to speak to them in my now very bad french.

You don't ever refrigerate cheez curls. It is a crime. The cheez loose all of it's squeak.

When I was a kid, I grew up close a small town called Shawinigan in Québec. This town has some of the oldest hydroelectric dams in the country. As a boy, I thought this was the only way to get electric power, and that it was like that everywhere. It was beautiful, I was impressed! Who would not want a clean, durable and cheap way to generate electricity? I was a child... Now I know that most of the electricity in the world is generated by coal. By FAR! 😅 Hydro-Québec is a nationalised electric company. It belongs to the nation, it is not private. It's profits come back in the pockets of the nation. All of our electricity is green and abundant. As a child, I thought that TOO was normal and the same everywhere in the world. Now I know that's not the case at all! Who would have known a small minority gets all the money from burning the world off?........... Yeah, let that sink in... Now that we have climate change issues, and that the oil peak has been passed (yeah, were in trouble guys), I treasure this Québecois heritage and phylosophy of energy greatly.

As a Québécois myself, I can say that we speak in English to tourists not because we want to practice our English, but because we want to make it easy for everyone to understand each other, plus English is the universal language. Trust me, when people from all over the world comes to visit and tries to speak French, our thoughts are (Hell no, I ain't wasting my time trying to understand you or try to make you understand me)... Do you speak English? Yes? perfect!

Céline Dion’s first language is French. She learnt English when she started becoming known within Canada. You can hear her accent in interviews, especially older ones. She also writes a lot of songs in French too.

Big part of Quebec culture is our religion which is hockey. The Montreal Canadiens were so dominant back in the days it made us proud, just like Gilles and Jacques Villeneuve who won the F1 championship. And of course Celine Dion as you mentioned. All those things gave hope to Quebec people that we can do anything and maybe become our own country

In Louisiana they would disagree that there's not french in the USA.

Please get your facts about Quebec from someone who was born and lived there all his/her life, not from someone who was in Quebec City for 8 month.... But it is a funny video to see what she noticed and thinks is general in Quebec. So many things are so not true!! lol

i am from quebec, and honestly its the first time hearing someone talk about us being not polite, everytime someone come here they always say the people are super nice

A culture within a culture, you’ve never been so right!

I’m appreciating you getting into Quebec in more detail as it’s the province I moved to from the US.

1. It was a huge French colony (Louisiana was part of it ( check for "Nouvelle France" map)). That England invaded. 2. We already tried to acheive independance twice 3. We are not that rude or juging 4. Mariage doesn't change anything about the women's last name, they keep it as it is, children on the other end can have the father's last name, the mother's or both (but no more than two, so if a parent already got two last name they will haveto choose between the last names for their children). 5 a. "Dans le fond" is like: well I mean... b. "De toute façon" is like: well anyways... c."ouais" is like: yeah instead of yes d. "Genre" as an expression is litteraly like (well like...)

more than 30% of the words in English come from French since Guillaume le Conquérant (William the Conqueror) a Norman invade England in 1066. Here somes tricks to help you in french.... State=État, switch the S for a É, Épouse=Spouse, Sponge=Éponge , Spices=Épices, Spinard=Épinard, Strange=étrange or stranger=étranger, and a lot more less obvious like Squirrel=Écureuil or Scotland=Écosse or School=école...Before we had no word in french that start with a É, i was ES like esponge, escole or espice. By the century, we switch the Es for a É. You can also switch a W for a Gu..like Warrior=Guerrier, and some less obvious like Warranty=Guarantie or William=Guillaume. Another good trick is to change our word with a particular accent (Ê, Â, Û) by adding a S after the letter with the accent.. There many words like Hôtel=Hostel, Tempest=Tempête, Arrest=Arrête, Paste=Pâte, Hospital=Hôpital, Cost=Coût, Hostess=Hôtesse and some less obvious like Oyster=Huître.. Anyway hope you find this interesting

Tyler, one day soon, I will make a video just for you from my perspective as a French-Canadian 😂 I'm perfectly trilingual and I live in Montreal BUT wasn't born in Montreal, but in a rural area of Quebec. I just wanna thank everyone in the comments who are so nice and positive in their response to Quebec 💙💙 Because, I have to be honest, most of the mean or negative comments that I heard or read about us Quebecers were unfortunately from inside the house and it makes me really sad 🥺 We're all juste human beings, living the best life we can. And we speak French, sue me.

You're nice to speak about Quebec. This girl is funny and I'm glad she studied in Quebec City, most beautiful city in Canada... my town!

I'm a Québécois who just discovered your channel recently and I love it! We have a lot in common with the rest of Canada such as : Tim Hortons, healthcare coverage, maple syrup, winter, hockey, just to name a few. But we also have our own subculture : A lot of french musicians and artists are very popular here but virtually unknown in the other provinces, there is a separatist political movement(the Yes almost won the 1995 referendum for independance, 49.5% vs 50.5% for the No). Of course french speaking people are a majority in Quebec, but we are a minority in Canada and even more in North America. Quebec provincial government voted laws over the past decades to protect french language and many english speaking canadians see that as something bad and that we are small-minded etc.. but the fact is that french has been slowly declining in the past decades especially in Montreal area so we are just trying to survive and protect our language and culture in this huge North American english tsunami before it's too late. Unfortunately, Quebec Bashing is a real thing in Canada. Many Canadians love us, but many hate us too. Many people here have two lastnames combined with a hifen but it's because they have the name of their two parents. A woman who gets married does not take her husband's name at all. Nothing changes for her. And it's been like that since like the late 70's or early 80's. And no, nobody has 7 names. Well, maybe on birth certificate but not in everyday life. And I never heard about poutine week. "Genre" is the same thing as you guys when you say "like" every 3 words :P

OMG...Quebec is so much more than presented and so much better. I suppose Poutine is good...(I have never had the pleasure) but the gourmet food in Montreal is world class. Also there are numerous Quebec/Canadian French food creations that far surpass Poutine. Another thing I love about Quebec is specific to Montreal. In Montreal whether it is midday or midnight the street vibe in downtown is almost exactly the same. Wonderful joyful and normal people. In Toronto downtown at midday you will see all the suits/professional business people while at midnight it can be pretty freaky.

Hi Tyler, I discovered your RU-vid channel recently, and as a French Canadian from Quebec, I love the topics you cover. I learn and remember facts about my country. It's fascinating to see you react and question things that for us are very commonplace. It's very funny the way you put into perspective the events of Canada against the USA. I loved your video about Poutine and I think you would have a lot of fun discovering another typical Quebec dish, "Pâté Chinois." This dish looks nothing like pâté and does not come from China. This is another dish made up of 3 ingredients, namely: Steak, corn and potatoes. "Steak." Blé d'inde, patates" said in this order joins many Quebecers since in a very popular television show in the 90s, "La petite vie" marked a historic turning point in our television history by smashing ratings records. This program, recorded in front of an audience in the form of a humorous play, tells the life of a typical Quebec family, although dysfunctional, on subjects as banal as "Pâté chinois." As easy as this dish may seem to concoct, a character from "La petite vie" is unable to pull off the recipe for "Pâté chinois." This is why the three ingredients "Steak, corn, potato" have become legendary in the imagination of Quebecers. So if you want to find out more about 2 very Quebec subjects, there is a good parallel to be drawn between "Pâté chinois" and "la petite vie" I would be very happy to see you react to that. Enjoy, Oliver.

Come to think of it, most of what is tradionally perceived as 'Canadian' originated in Quebec (poutine, maple syrup, hockey, sugar shacks, etc.)

Since April 2nd 1981, In the province of Quebec, Civil code specifies that the spouses keep their own names attributed at birth. Very nice law that allows more easily to take care of your own stuff even if you're a woman.

A lot of Quebecer don't really like speaking English, mostly because French Canadian fought the Great Britain for so many years (mostly in the 1700's). Quebec was then called "New France". Quebecer also fought for their independence and to keep French language alive. In 1960-70, the FLQ 's group detonated over 200 bombs, mostly against Quebec Anglophone. We tried twice to claim our independence (1980 & 1995)... French President Charles de Gaulle said in 1967 :"Vive le Québec libre !" (trad : Long live free Quebec!).

( I’m a Québécois ) Quebec is recognized as a nation even by the Canadian federal government. We are proud of us and our history because the English ( the empire ) wanted to crush our culture, our religion and our language ( most québécois are catholic ) and we resisted for a few hundreds of years against English hegemony. As a result we still exist today ! ( personally I would like Quebec to separate itself from Canada few a lots of reasons ) we did 2 referendums about that, 1 in 1980 and another in 1995… I hope there will be a third one within the next decade! ( I don’t have ANYTHING AGAINST Canadian as individuals. ) For our names in marriage we keep are own last names just like if were not married and the kids takes their fathers last name

Im surprise that she didnt mention THE very distinctive swearing worlds of the " Quebecois" i wanna hear Tyler say "Tabarnac"😂

You really have to come and visit Quebec you will see 😊 And yes we are proud but we are humble and warm (for the most part) And yes Celine Dion is Québécoise 😉

Nice video! I'm a French-speaker "Québécois" and it's cool that you're interested in Quebec. :) But her facts was a little bit random, not necessarily wrong, but just influenced by her own opinion. And if you want to know why we speak French, it's because of our origins as a colony of France. At some point, British came and they took control of the territory... so this is why we always had this historic rivality between French and English culture. We lost two referendums on the project of separating Quebec from Canada to make our own country...

We did tried to seperate 2 Time from Canada. Also, the québécois in rural région is wayyyyy différents that the people I the city like where she lived

Québec is a Nation, and every Nation should have a country

Love Quebec and especially the old city. Feels like being in Europe. We've never been treated badly. I don't know much French .. only what I was taught in high school which I've mostly forgotten. Quebec has beautiful bike trails!

I don’t find her to be particularly accurate, she is at Laval University, which is in Quebec City. Montreal and Quebec city get a lot of English speaking tourists, but there are loads of French communities where only French is spoken. Celine Dion only spoke French, She started to learn English in her later teens to be able to break into a larger market internationally. I live in Manitoba, I do not speak French, but my mother-in-law was bi lingual. Her mother was from a small Manitoba town and she only spoke French.. I don’t believe what she said about Quebecois being happy to speak English. They are trying to preserve their language and culture, and feel it is being threatened..

Im quebecois and my first language was english. Quebec is the greatest place in the world. I couldnt imagine ever moving away. It really is such a great place, it gets more hate than it should.

I've always held the door and got praised for it, still do to this day, and I always bless those who sneeze, but those are getting very rare.

Quebecois here, mid-forties. I've been living in a small village for the last 16 years. Population 2500 ~. What this girl in the video experienced is quite different from what I've known, concerning manners at least. Here, if you pass someone on a sidewalk, both people (you and them) will or should make a move to clear the center of the sidewalk, and if it happens that you're too close to them, or them to you, there might/should be a "hello" and/or a "sorry" involved. We almost religiously say "à tes souhaits" (bless you) when someone is sneezing (OK I agree, not everyone but they should be doing so). Also, for the last 6 years I've been working in retail, not a day has gone by that someone hasn't held the door for someone else. And people always say "Merci" (thanks) or "Merci Beaucoup" (Thanks a lot) or in other languages. You will most likely find someone who speak your language. And if not, you will find someone who will do anything to understand you, including mimes (I myself speak french, but use english almost everyday, and sometimes bits of other languages). What I can see is when some people comes from the city (not every one of them of course), and they dump their trash on the side of the road (we don't have MacDonald's or fast food like that here, but we find it a lot alongside of the road), or they come in your business and are impatient because the rhythm is slower here, and we take the time to Help our customers one After the other. They don't say hello, thank you and goodbye (again, not everyone of them, but there is a pattern here). For having lived in a fairly large city for several years, I can attest it does that to certain persons. It can transform you into an apathic and careless looser. So If you are a tourist / visitor and want to experience the true Canadian / French-canadian thing, get out of Montreal or Québec when visiting the Québec province, and do the same when in other provinces. Go where people goes to live the rest of their lives when they get fed up with the big city. You'll encounter great people, and they mostly will be fair, respectful and helpful. Sadly, you might encounter some rotten apples, like everywhere. But generally, manners are considered very important for most of us and this might really help you to get used to some of them, and I'm sure you'll find it quite pleasing to use them too. And please keep your trash in your car, and discard it when you go to a small store or something. And even if there's not a garbage outside, ask the people inside and they will get rid of it for you. Merci et salut!

I am French Canadian and am very proud of the Québec culture. It is even more progressive than the rest of Canada (which is already more progressive than the USA). I am both proud to be a Quebecer and a Canadian (Québecois is french for Quebecer), and remember telling that to a separatist French Canadian, and he told me "You can be both, pick one!", to which I replied "Make me". I had a boss at my company move from the USA and send him links to all the activities and festivals in Montreal for him to take his family, he was really impressed with how much stuff was going on in Montreal. If you would like to travel to Europe but it is too expensive, come to Québec (especially Québec city), and you will think you are in Europe, but at a fraction of the cost.

As a Québécoise, born and raised and live all my life in Montreal, I feel like she met rude people, because we do move out of the way on the sidewalks, we do hold doors for people and we do say «à tes souhaits» instead of Bless you (which is the French-Canadian translation). Women do keep their names when they marry, because we see women as a person in themselves even before their marriage. We do have the same right single or married and we do not add our husband's name with ours. Parents can choose to give both parents' name to their children if they want, like her example Gendron-Tremblay. We do have our own culture and are proud of it! We had to fight since the British conquered the New-France to keep our language, and traditions. You definitely can see this pride when comes our National Holiday St-Jean-Baptiste Day on June 24th, where all people from Québec celebrates being Québécois!

In Montreal in the 70's I was told to speak "white" (english). By the way, I'm totally bilingual and I totally love and defend French.

Love your channel Tyler. Born and raised in Montreal suburbs except for 24 years working as a bilingual sales rep in Toronto(24 years I will never get back!) Where is this girl from? Many of her facts are off. Glad to be finally. Yes, people open doors, say “please” AND “thank you”on a regular basis and mean it. Never heard anybody say:”Jawh?”

Hi from French-speaking Belgium. Besides her famous international English standards, Céline Dion is also popular in the French-speaking countries (including France) for her songs in French.

I remember watching the vote to separate and living in Alberta and celebrating that it stayed. I am very proud of the brothers who are French speaking in Canada.

Actually, the PQ government in the 1970s passed a law that allowed women to keep their maiden name when they got married because with the high divorce rate keeping track of the name changes was a hassle for civil servants, and it was a lot easier if women kept their maiden name instead of using their husband’s name. But in my church many women are called by their husbands’ names even though they use their maiden name everywhere else.

You get it Tyler ❤ Quebec is it’s on thing and culture

I don't recognize myself that much in her comments, but we truly are a culture within a culture.

I am a bilingual resident of Quebec, and it's been quite the experience with both english Canada, and French culture. Love them both. Here's a tidbit of information in regards to French Canadians saying : "Jean french equivalent to John" some of the language can trick your ears into hearing something totally different from what they are actually saying. So here it is! The word is Genre, would be the same as saying " something, or a situation of that Type... "Genre" is the same as saying ...of that type.

Québécoise here. I laughed when she talked about moving out of the way on the sidewalk. 😂 She is very right about that. I'm a short woman, 5 foot tall. When I was a teenager or even a adult, I used to be the one to give way but at the end of my thirties, I developped mobility pains that were not obvious at the beginning just by looking at me because I did not used any type of walking aid at that time. That is then that I noticed it because it was painful for me to be the one who always sway from one side of the sidewalk to the other. I developped this trick that worked very well for me : I fixed the oncoming person right in its eyes. I kept a gentle face but was never letting go of their eyes, even if they were not looking at me. It was working every time : every able person gave way to me from this time on. 👍😁

there is a thing with actors and singers too...people of Quebec often knows the celebrities of Canada but Canadians don t know much about ours , in Québec...It s a reality

👍 Good job Tyler. I really appreciate the way you talk about us. As a Québécoise yes I think my culture is diffrent from the persons of the others provinces but I have Never been so proud to be Canadian then during the past Days while Watching your vidéo. I've learned a lot about the rest of the Canada. (Message from a Québécoise Who drinks Tim Horton coffre each morning, Who love ketchup chips with Cheese and realise That There is no ketchup Chips outside of Canada 😲). By the way yes of course Céline Dion is Québécoise and speaks french. She is from Charlemagne city in Québec.

it's her perception, As a Québécois, I would say that we are proud of our French traditions. The fact that we're close to english, is geographical and historical. On my perception we're closer to usa northen states than the rest of Canada at our west border. In New Brunswick province we have french cousins too (Acadians).

She's in Québec city.....it's not the same in Montreal and elsewhere

For people who visit Quebec, saying "Kebec" (like at 1:40) and not "Qwaibec" is a very nice touch that people will apreciate :)

I'm still waiting for you to find a video about ACADIANS we live in New Brunswick, Nova Scotia and PEI. Acadians been deported in 1755 from our lands. there's Acadians in the States too. ( Louisiana )

Celine Dion is from Montreal

Im a french canadian from Quebec and i once had a chat with someone from Ohio when i was down in the south for vacation They did not know a lot or pretty much anything about Quebec so im happy to see you learn more about it!

I don't know who she was with when she came to Quebec, but we do say "A tes souhaits" when someone sneeze, we hold doors frequently and we do let space when we meet someone on the sidewalk, and I do live in Quebec City. And not every Québecois speak english. A lot aren't even interested in learning it.

Quebec tried twice with a referendum to separate itself from the ROC (rest of Canada) in 1980 and 1995. Both votes failed but the 1995 one came close (49 to 51). The history of Quebec is actually pretty interesting if you care to look in the wiki ;)

Yes, Céline Dion is indeed from Quebec, so is Georges Saint-Pierre! Also, Quebec is the largest province with a huge territory. It's bigger then any US States, even larger then Alaska (if we count only the land area).

1 word for all of that .... Generalizations Everything she says is clearly based on personal experiences. Not data.