In July 1912, the Ontario Conservative government issued Regulation 17 which in effect restricted French as a teaching language to the first 2 years of grade schools, therefore forcing all of the French-language Catholic schools to close. A lot of the articles on this site talk about discrimination against French-speakers in Canada ...
Victoria Day is celebrated on the last Monday before May 25 across Canada… except for the province of Québec which celebrates since 2003 the National Patriots’ Day instead, and before that, Adam Dollard Des Ormeaux’s Birthday. Why? First, what is Victoria Day? It officially the celebration of Queen Victoria’...
Montreal is the biggest city in the province of Quebec, and it is also the second biggest city in Canada, and the second biggest French-speaking city in the world, behind only Paris. Let’s talk about Montreal. The good Montreal is a vibrant and dynamic city, and probably the festival capital of North America. Have you ever see...
It’s not just because Québec residents don’t like Canada. Instead, let’s take a look at the 4 main periods of Canada together… Canada was claimed as the “Nouvelle-France” by Jacques-Cartier in 1534. Several settlements were attempted to be made, none of which really survived the harsh Québec win...