Francophone Canadians or French-speaking Canadians are citizens of Canada who speak French, and sometimes refers only to those who speak it as their first language. In 2021, 10,669,575 people in Canada or 29.2% of the total population spoke French, including 7,651,360 people or 20.8% who declared French as their mother tongue.[1][2]
- ^ "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Statistics Canada. 1 February 2023.
- ^ All statistics on the number of Francophones in this article include speakers of mother tongue French, and also those who have, along with French, another mother tongue.