Being Canadian myself, I feel we sometimes forget or ignore our own history. Thank you for doing a video on this topic. I do wish to note an error however. You mention Port Victoria, but the place is called Port-Royal and is located in Nova Scotia, not along the St. Lawrence River. Besides that you did a fantastic job and wish to see more videos about Canada. (Possible about the Fenian Raids)
they probably emigrated to the states because there were no jobs and because, in canada at the time, the French workers were paid 52% the salary of an English worker. Which is about the same difference there was between white and black americans in the first half of the xxth century
@@cnppreactorno.4965 but it is too late my man. it has already been 100 years, i don't think, even Dutch americans will want to learn. even Spanish americans begins to forget their own language
the linguistic repression lasted much longer then what you covered....we where repressed up until a event we call la revolution tranquille (the calm revolution) you may wanna look into it...it kinda interesting
@101 010 harsh feelings much? The reason there wont be a unified canada is cause of ppl like you on both sides of this argument that get super emotional and hateful towards the other side. Calm. Down. We're french and we like it. Nothing more to it
@101 010 we've trampled the British through hatred and spite? Hahahaha oh no, i hope they'll be ok those poor British. Get over yourself. Theyll be fine.
The British thought the French culture would naturally disappeared, the French being outnumbered by the British settlers constant pouring. The French also were the low class (peasant), while the bourgeoisie, even in Montréal, was British. But the French had 2 assets: forming a closed community around the catholic clergy (so having few contacts with the British), and a very high birthrate, while the British had the money, but few children. So the French community have survived. Things have changed since the 1960s Quiet Revolution: the catholic clergy has lost its influence, a French speaking bourgeoisie has emerged, and they have even less children than the British.
There’s also “revenge of the cradle” that occurred I believe in the 1800s where the French were being outnumbered by British English speakers and the many of the French population decided to outbreed the English speaking people in Montréal. So then the French started to outnumber the English speakers.
The revenge of the cradle was more an early 20th century thing. The Church was heavily involved in pressuring families to have a child each year. My grandmother had 19 siblings. The revenge ended with the Quiet Revolution.
@paranoidrodent Ah I thought I may’ve mixed up the century but thought for sure it was 19th! Anyways very interesting how that’s part of your family’s heritage quite an interesting part of Canada’s history.
I just visited Quebec for the first time last year. The entire province was picture perfect (this was in October so the fall colors were insane,) and Quebec City was amazing. Everyone that I interacted with was actually very friendly, even when my attempts to speak French kinda flopped... Anyway, still practicing every day and I will be ready for next time!
As a Hispanic in America we were never taught this , nothing about Canada which is sad I feel as though we need more history done for our northern neighbors .. But I’m very happy to know that some parts of Canada speak French, in Mexico there is some that speak it as well or Italian… So many roots when it comes to our ancestry it’s fascinating
Although Quebec City falls to the British in 1759 it was not until 1760 that Britain finally conquers New France. A French army remained at Montreal and it was not until 1760 that it capitulated to the British forces.
Thanks for touching on a bit of Canadian history. People tend to think of us as the U.S.’s quiet, boring neighbour, but plenty of interesting stuff happened up here :)
They lose the battles Then french has to disappear from America Like German in Alsace Lorraine Or Like Flemish in Dunkerque Or like italian in Nice Or like Breton in Brettania On the same way that France respect thoses languages sans traitement de faveur.....
Jersey Dutch actually didn't die in New York and New Jersey until the early 20th century. Martin van Buren was the only president in US history not to speak Eng as a native language, he spoke Jersey Dutch, just as Sojourner Truth. And the Roosevelts were also descended from the settlers of Nieuw Nederland, I mean roos=rose velt=field.
The bad news is that the French speakers in Canada are in decline cause most newcomers are English-speaking only, the number of French-speakers used to be 25% back in the 2000's.
They lose the battles Then french has to disappear from America Like German in Alsace Lorraine Or Like Flemish in Dunkerque Or like italian in Nice Or like Breton in Brettania On the same way that France respect thoses languages sans traitement de faveur.....
@@afrocyberdelia you clearly know nothing about French Canadian culture. It is totally different from France, they don't even understand the quebecois french canadian when it is spoken. So your comparison is totally irrelevant... It makes even less sense then saying that an Uruguayan should be held accountable for Spain's history...
It's actually a really bad video. He made one particularly glaring mistake in it, namely to compare the spoken French of an upper class Parisian, to a working class Quebecer. When comparing accents, you need to compare people that share more or less the same age and education level, otherwise you're comparing apples and oranges.
Fun fact: It is estimated there are around 12 million of French Canadian descendants in the U.S.A. (only 2.1 million of them still speak French) and there are only 9,5 million actual French Canadians in Canada (which exclude those who doesn't speak French anymore).
great job overall ! As a Québécois myself, I would love to see Canadians get more interested in our history. Maybe one day we'll see the end of what's called "the two solitudes". Vive le Québec libre!
We are quebecors, we do not identify ourselves as French. (like americains don't identify as british) also, our culture is quite different from France, although we have a lot in common.
At 8:26 there is what seems to be a French regiment flag similar to ‘Compagnies Franches de la Marine’ on the artwork shown. However, I cannot find the exact one from this picture anywhere. Does anyone know anything about this regiment/battle flag?
Canada is a VERY Celtic country. The "French" from Brittany, the "English" from Scotland and Ireland. As far as I know, the Huguenots were not allowed to settle in Nouveau France and went to the Netherlands and Dutch colonies like South Africa and the Caribbean. During the Potato Famine, Irish Catholic orphans were adopted by French Catholic families. There are now many French speakers with English sounding surnames. Some of the Metis, a native group of European and First Nation ancestry, speak a language of mixed French and Cree. Some of the success of the Canadian Army on D-Day is attributed to Canadian soldiers being able to speak the local variety of French. A DUTCH CONNECTION: The Canadian Army was tasked with liberating the Netherlands during the Second World War (1939-1945).
They lose the battles Then french has to disappear from America Like German in Alsace Lorraine Or Like Flemish in Dunkerque Or like italian in Nice Or like Breton in Brettania On the same way that France respect thoses languages sans traitement de faveur.....
As France sold out French Canada in 1763 in order to keep some Caribbean sugar islands the Quebecois had little affection for France. The deeply Catholic semi-feudal society had even less time for secular revolutionaries on the far side of the ocean or for France in 1914.
At the time, the population of Quebec was not only rural and uneducated, it was also very much prevented from having any sort of contact with France. I doubt that more than 2-3 % of the population was even aware of the Napoleonic wars.
They lose the battles Then french has to disappear from America Like German in Alsace Lorraine Or Like Flemish in Dunkerque Or like italian in Nice Or like Breton in Brettania On the same way that France respect thoses languages sans traitement de faveur.....
Great, but a few corrections: native "Americans" live in America, not Canada! We don't call them that here. Also, the French, and Indian War is an American thing. We call it the 7 Years War. Newfoundland is "new fun LAND." Otherwise, excellent! :)
Well no. The French and Indian Wars commences two years prior (1754) to the opening of the Seven Years War (1756). So, from 1756 onward the French and Indian War was the North American theatre of the Seven Years War. You have a very narrow view of the use of the word American. I assume you are kidding about the pronunciation of Newfoundland?
@@EdinburghFive Not at all. They is how they say it in Newfoundland - I lived there. And, "America" IS the USA only. Canada is NOT part of America! North America, yes, but the word America alone is strictly used to mean the USA alone.
@@klondikechris You are welcome to your ideas but it is still very narrow. In a national sense, and commonly, people who live in the USA are known as Americans. But, depending in context, anyone who lives in the Americas can be referred to as Americans. Its just not used as often. It does not make it wrong. As for the correct pronunciation of Newfoundland it depends on who is saying it in Newfoundland as well as the ear hearing it. I know many Newfoundlanders and its never New-fun-land.
@@EdinburghFive NO NO NO!!! Canadians can be VERY offended at being referred to as Americans. This is a big irritant with us. In Spanish, yes, because they do not say "Nord America." But, in English, "American" means STRICTLY someone from the USA. Many in the UK don't know this, but, we educated them whenever we hear this!
You said the Audible book discusses pre-European times in "America". America just means the US. If you want to include Canada, you need to say North America. That said, I'm intrigued by the relationship among what are today far-flung First Nations populations. If anyone knows of an article or book that discusses this era for the whole continent, I would really appreciate learning of it.
America is also the big continent west of Europe with was cut in 2 by Panama. It is clear that he was not referinf at the country of US of A but at the continent.
@@alexandrub8786 I'm Canadian and I know my country rests on the North American continent along with the US and a fair hunk of Mexico. The countries to the immediate south of Mexico rest on Central America which is the geopolitical bridge between North and South America. The US calling itself America is both confusing and annoying.
And They lose the battles Now french has to disappear from America Like German in Alsace Lorraine Or Like Flemish in Dunkerque Or like italian in Nice Or like Breton in Brettania On the same way that France respect thoses languages sans traitement de faveur.....
1/ Canadians use the term Seven Years War while Americans use the term French And Indian War--which is probably more accurate in North America as the French And Indian war lasted a bit longer. 2/ After the War Of The Spanish Succession there was an influx of German Protestant settlers from Hanoverian territories into Nova Scotia. 3/ The federal government pays the Quebec $6 billion per year in "equalization" payments to keep separatist agitation at a low boil. Yet complaining and bitching never cease. 4/As for the Indians, I mean Natives, I mean Aboriginals, I mean First Nations the young have little interest in their dead end languages as they are busy playing video games an watching English language media. 5/ French Canadians have
Yeah! Typical English Canadian Orangist arguments... You did a poor job at doing your ethnic cleansing and still have the gall to put the blame on everybody else...
Equalization is a myth, don't forget we pay federal taxes too, its normal that it goes back to us since we pay it.... Also, during most of our shared history, Quebec gave more to other provinces than received from other provinces. Stop Bitching and complaining you sound like a WASP boomer
a pretty odd thing that I've heard when French-Canadians and English-Canadians talk about Quebec sovereignty is English people telling to the French ones to go back in France if they're unhappy… while the French was actually there 150 years before the English invade Canada. XD
Yes well, English canada dont rlly like us xD we dont rlly like them either tho. We're like roommates that dont like each other but don't wanna move out cause it makes sense to live together for financial reasons hahaha
These are English Canadians that, if born in the US, would have voted for Trump, so... Don't expect them to have read a book on history after high school haha!
Sounds a bit better in French "La bataille des plaines d'Abraham". Growing up in Québec, I never heard it called anything else. We have badass shows there now.
The plains are still there. The area is such an important cultural monument that it has been preserved as a historical park. Despite being absolutely prime real estate, the notion of building on that ground is unthinkable.
@@paranoidrodent Tbf, the fort next to the plain (the objective of the battle) is still an active military base (iirc 2 R22R still parades there), which means building anything next to it is highly problematic. Source: actually visited la Citadelle. Visiting inside was legit srs bsns.
@@BicyclesMayUseFullLane The current Citadelle was built by the Brits after the war of 1812 to defend against the Americans. It's a beautiful example of 19th century British star fortifications. My dad was assigned there when I was a kid and I visited it frequently during the 1980s. The old city walls are the main French fortifications that are still intact. There were French fortifications on the site of the Citadelle but they were replaced by the more modern British fortress. The site has had some kind of fortress on it since 1693. Nowadays, it's more of a historical and tourism thing although heavy artillery in that spot (or anywhere on the bluffs) would be able to threaten ships in the river.
@@paranoidrodent I mean, either way, nothing will ever get built on the plain until the Army stop using it as base and the governor-general stop using it as residence. The security implication is too much.
Dutch only ruled small parts of the US for a few decades so only a few thousands Dutch immigrated. They were demographically outnumbered by later British immigrants.
You should also check out the french Acadian history (Maritime Provinces) and more specifically the Acadian Deportations of 1755. Being of actual Acadian bloodlines, I think you"ll the history quite interesting.
France didn't respect the Flemish in the region of France, wasn't? Neither German in Alsace Lorraine Or italian in Nice Or Breton in Brettania And now waiting to get back la monnaie de la pièce? VTNC
Antoine de la Mothe Cadillac also had a large French influence on Detroit. He was the founder of Detroit, the automotive industry famous for the CADILLAC, most names of the streets and the way in which the lots were laid out. And of course right across the Detroit river is Ontario. You may find French influence in Detroit to be interesting. Im half Canadian on my fathers side.
Hi Hilbert. Another good video, though I was a little bit disappointed to see so little attention paid to the history of French colonization of the modern Canadian Maritimes, including the history of the French Acadians. After all, it could be argued that New France truly began with the establishment of Port-Royal by Champlain in 1605, which was actually founded just before Québec City. What are today the Canadian provinces of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island were all peopled by French settlers throughout the 17th century, who came to be known as Acadians after the name given to the region (Acadie, or Acadia, in English). The bulk of the Acadian population was ultimately expelled from Acadia by the British between the years 1755 and 1763 in an event known to us Acadians as le Grand Dérangement, otherwise Atlantic Canada might still be as linguistically French as Québec is today. Many of these displaced Acadians made their way south in subsequent years in search of safe harbour; those who settled in Louisiana eventually became known as Cajuns. Even so, some Acadians returned home after the expulsions, including my ancestors, and today French-speaking Acadians make up about 10%-12% of the population of Nova Scotia and over a third of the population of New Brunswick. We even have our own flag! But I digress. Vive le Canada français.
@bbonner422 That’s awesome really, last June was my 2nd time in Canada but very first time in Québec. I was fascinated with everything I decided to Vlog it! Lucky you visiting Québec more then once as you get to do so much sadly I was on a time crunch and couldn’t see a whole lot. :(
Where are you from? You should definitely visit Quebec more often! I am trying too... have been to Montreal 3 times and tried living there for a few months to see how the life is. If I could I would be living there now, the rent is so cheap and there are so many things to do in all seasons.
@@aymarafan7669 Oh why say 'sadly' about NM? Nice winters there compared with Canada! :) Winter cold was one of the major factors in my move to the west coast from Alberta brrr
@Shawna Dyment because of distance mainly and how we don’t travel over there very often. Yes the weather here is very nice and definitely not as cold as Canada for sure! New Mexico right now has a lot of notoriety at the moment and Albuquerque is actually America’s fifth most dangerous city in the U.S. in the metro area alone there’s like 500+ gangs and such. Alberta is also very interesting really want to visit sometime for sure, and see Edmonton and Calgary.
Greetings! Been a fan of your channel for a long time now, and if you're currently accepting any ideas/suggestions for potential future videos-- May I submit possibly doing one expanding on this topic that covers the modern Quebec sovereignty movement over the last half-century and debate continuing still today over the issue of whether Quebecers/Quebecois should separate from or remain within Canada? The province held two referendums on Independence in 1980 and again in 1995, both of which the No/Non (remain within Canada) side won-- but in '95 it was only by a very narrow 50.58% to 49.42% margin (a mere *54,288 votes*). I'm American, but I've always been very interested in Canada's history-- especially Quebec! Just my two cents anyway. :) Thanks for all the content you continue to contribute on here. Cheers!
Don't know if anyone gave you the correct pronunciation of the province Newfoundland - it's pronounced basically like "newfinLAND". That still may not be perfect. I was saying it incorrectly for years, but now it sticks out when I hear it said the way it is spelled. The accent there is quite unique, too. I love all the suggestions that you also look into the history of the other Francophone communities in Canada like the Acadians. When you do any videos on any First Nations/Native American history, it'll be interesting to see what books you cite in addition to the one in your ad : )
Hilbert, ok on this vid, tons missing but, time, but look up the "Quiet Revolution" in Quebec in the '50s and '60s. THAT is some interesting History, the background ties all the way back to this vid.
Yes quebec is just the alpha territory of french canada new brunswick is 50% french. 50% english And 50% people in east ontario (this includes ottawa which is right at quebec border) is french Also all canadian big cities have a big number of native french people..either cause they are immigrants from french countries or are from quebec
@@mathewvanostin7118 Actuatly New-Brunswick has been about 50% french for well over 50 years now, its not new. Ottawa is an english city and is not part of eastern Ontario, well... Not fully. What we now call the city center or centre ville of Ottawa was just the whole city of Ottawa, and that part was not part of eastern Ontario, its central Ontario. But less then 20 years ago, a bunch of city around Ottawa were absorbed into Ottawa and thats when parts of Ottawa started to be in eastern Ontario. - Just east of Ottawa was the city of Glocester after that is the city of Orléans.... What the... A french name? Yup, the city limit between Glocester and Orléans is where eastern Ontario starts AKA french Ontario starts and no it is not 50% french, its 80% french, 15% english 5% others. - After Orléans you arrive at Cumberland, the english name is about the only english thing cities and villages have starting from here on eastward. After that you reach the new city limits of Ottawa and enter the city of Clarence-Rockland my hometown, a city of 300 square killometers thats 97% french 2.5% english, 0.5% others. This is where you will find the eastern most english scool of Ontario, beyond that there are no english schools anhd barely anyone ever goes to that tiny school, they all want to go to the bigger french schools like l'Escale who has its own built in sports complex including a swiming pool and more. East of Clarence-Rockland is 100% french and its Alfred, after thhat you arrive a Plantagenet, Plantagenet is where i went to the highschool of E. S. C. P. It stands for École Sogondaire Catholic de Plantagenet. This high school always competes with l'Éscale for grtting students: L'Escale has has sports complexe and Showbiz its a place to learn music and if you are good enough they will helo you making your first album to sell and make a few concerts. Meanwhile, l'E. S. C. P. Doesn't have those but it has something else that i was more interested in: Its own Nascar racing team. I help in building it: I designed and made the firewall, no not that eternet thing. In narcar races its pretty common far crashed cars to catch fire and the fire wall is a steel wall that seperates the driver from the engine and its meant to buy time for the deiver to escape. Now normally its less then 1mm thick and its large plate. But we only had access to what was in the local steel junkyard it was free tho. So i took a bunch of broken 5mm thick plates, used a plasma cuter to cut then smaller pieces some were triangles others were weird shaped squares and i assembled them on the car frame and welded them one by one like making a puzzle. Then id use a grinder to remove the excess steel from the welding, because the lighter your car is the faster it'll go. Turns out i did too good a job because the car was about 200 kilos too light to enter the competition. So had to add these solid steel bricks to the car... Those were heavy as f@#$ imposible to lift with one hand, strugling with 2. The other reason is the engine we had a powerful V18 was way better then what the competion had so we had had to put a speed limiter. And before you ask, no, the engine did not come from the junkyard: It was brand new and given from Nascar bedcause we were the first school to apply for joining Nascar and the guy in charge of hiring new teams really like the idea of having a school team, it makes great publicity as long as its the teach that drives. We won first place regional and second place provincial. Ah good memories but lets get back on subject: After plantagenet there are a few other villlages like Isidor but its mostly farmland until you reach Hawkesbury a nice city again 100% french and thats the furthest east ive been so i dont know whats beyond that.
@@mathewvanostin7118 Oh and most of eastern Ontario despite being french did not come from québec, do not identify as québécois are are not from other countries. We are almost all white skinned stho hair color can vary: Most are brown, some are blond, some are red and other are orange and yes thats their real natural hair color, kindergarden kids dont dye their hair. We have our own flah, its white and green. On the green side there is a single white flower, its the same one as the 4 white flowers on the Québec flag, it represents our language. On the white side there is a green flower and not the same as the white one. Its a 3 petal flower, a rare kind that only grows in eastern Ontarion in woodlands it makes 3 seeds and has 3 dark green leaves, its petals are white and only blosoms in spring. - Oh by the way, did you know national dish of Canada called poutine actually originated from eastern Ontario? Montréal may have been the first large city that started to serve it and it is of french Canadian oorigin but it only started being served in Montréal in the 1950s, its been in eastern Ontario for far longer. The cheese curds, the key igredient comes from the St-Albert cheese factory and thats located in the center of eastern Ontario between Ottawa and Montréal but because Ottawa is mostly English, eastern Ontariens prefer doing buisiness with Montréal instead thats why poutine arrived there way before Ottawa. As for the other ingredients, gravy was a new popular sauce that we were still experimenting with trying to find out whats good with it, we came up with many things like bread, green peas and chicken, called it hot chicken that one was more popular then poutine before some guy in the govt of canada decided to make poutine of all things the national dish.... Why of everything you had to chyoose this junk food??? We hgave way healthy alternatives then poutine, like Canadian stew which is beef steack chunks with diced tomatoes, white onions, celery, cabage, carrots, turnips and potato. Why not make that the national dish? Way more Canadians ate this and for far longer then the junk food of poutine. Before we had the reputation of being healthier tyhen americans but ever since poutine became our national dish, junk food that worse then the american national dish, we lost that reputation and now people thinks american food is healthier then ours.... But yeah, poutine was not invented in Montréal and it wasn't made by accident. It was made with 2 local very common ingredients: Cheese curds and potato fries. And with the very gravy that we were trying to pair with things that would taste great together and poutine was one of the better results and was rather convenient.
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