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This page lists Canadian citizens or people of pre-Confederation colonies that formed to make or joined the country of Canada who are of partial ethnic or national French descent. Most have sub-categories listed here below.
This is a list of notable people who are from Quebec, Canada, or have spent a large part or formative part of their career in that province. This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness.
In the Great Lakes, many French Canadians also identify as Métis and trace their ancestry to the earliest voyageurs and settlers; many also have ancestry dating to the lumber era and often a mixture of the two groups. The main Franco-American regional identities are: French Canadians: French Canadians of the Great Lakes (including Muskrat French)
This is a brief timeline of the history of Canada, comprising important social, economic, political, military, legal, and territorial changes and events in Canada and its predecessor states. Prehistory
This is a partial list of Canadians who are Métis people. The Métis are a specific group of people, primarily from Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Quebec and Alberta, who have Indigenous (primarily Cree, Ojibwa) and European (primarily French) ancestry. [1] [2] They have a shared history and Michif language.
This category lists French Canadians: citizens of Canada who are first language francophone or who, despite being anglophone, self-identify as French Canadian or as a member of the various sub-ethnic groups, listed here as subcategories. (Note: French Canadians do not necessarily have ethnic French origins or ancestry.)
Fur trading was done by canoe and largely by French Canadians. [citation needed] In the fur trade context, the word also applied, to a lesser extent, to other fur trading activities. [5] Voyageurs were part of a licensed, organized effort, a distinction that set them apart from the coureurs des bois.
Biographical Dictionary of Architects in Canada – biographies of Canadian architects and lists of their buildings from 1800 to 1950 "Canada Questions and Answers: Everything You Need to Know About Canada" by canadafaq.ca; The Canadian Encyclopedia – click on "people" for links to articles about Canadians; English/French availability