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DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
Entry from the DCHP-1 (pre-1967)
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1
that part of Canada which was formerly known as New France; the province of Quebec.
Quotations
1844
We thus see proof abundant, that in twelve Counties in French Canada, there is not merely a division, but a considerable division.
1966
A recent survey of sex-attitudes in French Canada indicated that the male presence in the home is practically nil.
2
the people of Quebec collectively.
Quotations
1888
We said, a couple of weeks ago, that French Canada, without distinction of party, was opposed to the scheme of Imperial Federation.
1916
Quebec .. . must have a leader of French Canada outside the old parties in the person of Henri Bourassa.
1964
Pearson . . . gave French Canada perhaps the strongest voice it has ever had in a Federal Cabinet
3
French-speaking Canadians collectively.
Quotations
1895
French Canada and the Separate schools forsooth, when will those frothy writers and talkers give us a rest on this seemingly inexhaustable subject and confine themselves to something practical, something of immediate interest?
1961
"No one seriously imagines," Premier Jean Lesage assured the Quebec legislature a fortnight ago, "that French Canada ends at the territorial limits of Quebec province." In fact, Lesage does not even concede that French Canada ends at the territorial limits of Canada.
1964
There are another 1,750,000 viewers in French Canada.
1966
"French Canada extends from the Maritimes to British Columbia. But you people insist on keeping us in the reserve of Quebec. . . ."