Sentences with phrase «francophone population»

Sudbury is also home to a very large Francophone population, which has influenced its arts, food and economy in different ways.

In fact, seven per cent of Ontario lawyers self - identified as Francophone in the 2010 Lawyer Annual Report, compared with Ontario's Francophone population of 4.8 per cent.

Not exact matches

Statistics Canada estimates the provincial population in 2008 to be 747,302; a majority is English - speaking, but there is also a large Francophone minority (32 %), chiefly of Acadian origin.

I break it down into the following six reasons: art, sport, economy / money, international relations, people / population of Francophone world, career opportunity.

The Government of Canada is committed to increasing the French - speaking immigrant population outside Quebec, and has established the Francophone Significant Benefit Program for employers, which allows for LMIA - exempt hiring of skilled French - speaking / bilingual professionals.

When compared to the reverse situation in Canada (i.e. French as a language of work in predominantly Anglophone communities), the public sector's use of the French language did not exceed the population deemed to be Francophone.

For example, in New Brunswick, while Francophones represent approximately 33 % of that province's population, 32 % of public sector employees used French as a language of work.

The Forum on Vulnerable Young Francophones in Minority Communities who are at risk of becoming involved with the justice system brought together officials from federal institutions and representatives from community organizations to discuss the needs of this target population.