Franco-Ontarians

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Franco-Ontarians are a French-speaking cultural and linguistic minority community in the Canadian province of Ontario, known for their distinct heritage, institutions, and contributions to Francophone life in Canada.

All labels observed (5)

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Canadian cultural community ⓘ
Francophone minority community ⓘ
ethno-linguistic group ⓘ
commemorativeDay Franco-Ontarian Day ⓘ
contributeTo Francophone culture in Canada ⓘ
Ontario’s cultural diversity ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
culturalExpression Franco-Ontarian literature ⓘ
Franco-Ontarian music ⓘ
Franco-Ontarian theatre ⓘ
culturalSymbol Franco-Ontarian flag ⓘ
ethnicGroup French Canadians ⓘ
linked to: French Canadian
flagAdopted 1975 ⓘ
flagColors green and white ⓘ
flagSymbolism fleur-de-lis representing French heritage ⓘ
green for summer and white for winter ⓘ
trillium representing Ontario ⓘ
Franco-OntarianDayDate September 25 ⓘ
Franco-OntarianDayRecognitionYear 2010 ⓘ
Franco-OntarianDayRecognizedBy Government of Ontario ⓘ
haveInstitution French-language colleges in Ontario ⓘ
French-language school boards in Ontario ⓘ
Université de Hearst ⓘ
Université de Sudbury (historically Francophone) ⓘ
Université de l’Ontario français ⓘ
haveMedia French-language community radio stations in Ontario ⓘ
French-language newspapers in Ontario ⓘ
TFO (French-language public broadcaster in Ontario) ⓘ
haveOrganization Assemblée de la francophonie de l’Ontario ⓘ
Association canadienne-française de l’Ontario (historical) ⓘ
Conseil des écoles publiques de l’Est de l’Ontario ⓘ
Conseil scolaire catholique MonAvenir ⓘ
Conseil scolaire catholique du Nouvel-Ontario ⓘ
Conseil scolaire public du Grand Nord de l’Ontario ⓘ
Fédération de la jeunesse franco-ontarienne ⓘ
historicalEvent Regulation 17 restricting French-language schooling in early 20th century Ontario ⓘ
mobilization against closure of Montfort Hospital in Ottawa ⓘ
historicalOrigin French colonial presence in New France ⓘ
migration from Quebec ⓘ
identityFeature bilingualism in French and English ⓘ
distinct regional Franco-Ontarian accents ⓘ
language French ⓘ
legalProtection Charter of Rights and Freedoms minority language education rights (Section 23) ⓘ
French Language Services Act (Ontario) ⓘ
locatedIn Ontario ⓘ
notableCulturalEvent Festival Franco-Ontarien in Ottawa ⓘ
partOf Canadian Francophonie ⓘ
linked to: Francophone Canada
politicalIssue access to French-language health services ⓘ
bilingual municipal and provincial services ⓘ
protection of French-language education rights ⓘ
populationConcentration Eastern Ontario ⓘ
Greater Sudbury ⓘ
Northeastern Ontario ⓘ
Ottawa ⓘ
Prescott and Russell United Counties ⓘ
Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry ⓘ
Timmins region ⓘ
populationEstimate over 600,000 ⓘ
recognizedAs official language minority community in Canada ⓘ
religionTraditionally Roman Catholicism ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

French Canadians → relatedGroup → Franco-Ontarians ⓘ
subject linked to: French Canadian
Hearst → partOf → Northern Ontario Francophone communities ⓘ
linked to: Franco-Ontarians
Université de Hearst → associatedLanguageCommunity → Franco-Ontarians ⓘ
Embrun → hasCharacteristic → Franco-Ontarian community ⓘ
linked to: Franco-Ontarians
Embrun → hasDemographicGroup → Franco-Ontarians ⓘ
Embrun → hasCulturalIdentity → Franco-Ontarian ⓘ
linked to: Franco-Ontarians
Canadiens français → relatedGroup → Franco-Ontarians ⓘ
Paul Demers → ethnicGroup → Franco-Ontarian ⓘ
linked to: Franco-Ontarians
Francophone Canada → hasCulturalGroup → Franco-Ontarians ⓘ
Crysler, Ontario → hasCulturalHeritage → Franco-Ontarian culture ⓘ
linked to: Franco-Ontarians
Hearst campus → servesCommunity → Franco-Ontarian community ⓘ
linked to: Franco-Ontarians