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Kate 08:29 on 2024-04-15 Permalink Reply  

• Blork 13:14 on 2024-04-15 Permalink

  I laughed at the nurse from Montpellier who is aghast at having to use a fax machine.

• Kate 16:00 on 2024-04-15 Permalink

  “Ce pays est malade de sa suradministration et travaille avec des outils totalement obsolètes!”

• DeWolf 17:46 on 2024-04-15 Permalink

  200,000 people officially recorded by the consulate. So we can safely assume it’s even larger!

  It’s not clear if that’s the number for Montreal Island or the entire metropolitan area. Even if it’s just the island, though, 10% of the population being from France seems… plausible.

• Ian 22:37 on 2024-04-15 Permalink

  Make that 20 in Mile End, I feel like I hear more France than Quebec on the street on any given day, especially with people under 35.

• dhomas 09:35 on 2024-04-16 Permalink

  Some folks I know call the Plateau and Mile End “la Nouvelle Nouvelle France”. I’ve also heard some people call it “le 21e arrondissement”, though there’s also a real estate project of the same name that is quite far from the Plateau / Mile End.

• CE 15:40 on 2024-04-16 Permalink

  I recently moved near Laurier Park and I definitely hear more European French than Quebec French on the streets and in the shops (there are also a surprisingly high number of Anglos working in the shops who speak not-so-great French).

• Blork 16:50 on 2024-04-16 Permalink

  20 years ago I was in awe of how 2 out of 3 conversations you overheard while strolling on Mont-Royal were in English. Now I’m in awe of how 2 out of 3 conversations are in French French.

  Also: at least half of the Francophones I work with are from France and are living on the Plateau.