now im curious what the statistics for languages are in BC and especially metro VancouverRE: https://ck.catwithaclari.net/notes/am819e6gxfgr034t

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jamie@fedi.jametek.com — Thu, 14 May 2026 20:02:16 GMT

@hypha@cafe.mycelium.locahlo.st @ielenia@ck.catwithaclari.net And the distribution of French speakers in Canada is heavily weighted towards Eastern Canada. It's partially why the west has grievances. West of Ontario it plummets to a few percents and you never hear it spoken. Growing up in Saskatchewan no one spoke French. In Ontario and east I heard it all the time though.

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hypha@cafe.mycelium.locahlo.st — Thu, 14 May 2026 19:57:02 GMT

@ielenia well, french is an official language unlike cantonese or mandarin

Reply to now im curious what the statistics for languages are in BC and especially metro VancouverRE: https://ck.catwithaclari.net/notes/am819e6gxfgr034t on Thu, 14 May 2026 19:51:50 GMT

ielenia@ck.catwithaclari.net — Thu, 14 May 2026 19:51:50 GMT

in Vancouver, French is fourth behind English, Cantonese, and Mandarin

if sorted by native speakers French doesn't even make the list (at least the one on wikipedia)