Francophone Canada

The McCord Museum is a public research and teaching museum dedicated to the preservation, study, diffusion and appreciation of Canadian history.

As Canada’s central statistical agency, Statistics Canada is legislated to serve this function for the whole of Canada and each of the provinces. Here, you will find tables, articles, and surveys regarding populations, industry, and culture. You can search the website for demographic information about Francophone populations and immigration patterns throughout Canada. In English and French.

The Canadian Heritage Information Network (CHIN) allows Canadian museums to engage their audiences through the use of innovative technologies. As a centre of excellence, CHIN offers investment programs and proposes resources such as virtualmuseum.ca and Professional Exchange. These sites, loaded with images, highlight Canadian museum collections, news, collaborative projects and resources aimed at professionals and the public at large. In English and French.

Based at York University, The Centre for the Study of Black Cultures in Canada provides information on African Canadian artists and their work, links to other Canadian resources on the web, and updates about the activities of the Centre. There are sections on film, theater, music, literature, visual arts, dance, culture, and much more.

Conceived in partnership with France’s national library, the Bibliothèque nationale de France, France in America /France en Amérique is a bilingual digital library made available by the Library of Congress. It explores the history of the French presence in North America from the first decades of the 16th century to the end of the 19th century.

The OFA is committed to ensuring that Francophones have access to provincial government services in French and that they participate in the social, economic and political life of the province, while maintaining their linguistic and cultural heritage.

The CSF’s mission is to offer innovative educational programs and services which promote and enhance the development of cultural identity as well as the full development of Francophone learners in British Columbia. Furthermore, the CSF actively contributes to the development of the Francophone community in British Columbia.

The FFTNL is a nonprofit organization that works for the defense and promotion of the rights and interests of the Francophone Acadian community in Newfoundland and Labrador. La FFTNL est un organisme sans but lucratif qui travaille à la défense et à la promotion des droits et intérêts de la communauté francophone et acadienne de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador.

Organization representing minority Francophone communities across Canada that oversees groups and associations involved in the community, education and political advocacy.

This official website gathers many resources about Québécois authors: biographies, printed books, press articles… You have to pay to access some resources, but all of the bibliographies and biographies have free access. [French]

This database gathers critical documentation about contemporary authors (publishing since 1980), writing in French. [French]