In 2006, what did the House of Commons recognize about the Quebecois?
- That French is Canada’s only official language
- That Quebec has its own monarch
- That Quebec is an independent country
- That they form a nation within a united Canada
Answer: That they form a nation within a united Canada
In 2006 the House of Commons recognized that the Quebecois form a nation within a united Canada. The key words are “within a united Canada”: this did not make Quebec independent, and English and French both remain official languages.
Learn more: Acadians and Quebecers
- The Acadians descend from French colonists who began settling in what are now the Maritime provinces in 1604.
- Between 1755 and 1763, during the war between Britain and France, more than two-thirds of the Acadians were deported.
- This deportation is known as the “Great Upheaval”.
- The Acadians survived, kept their identity, and Acadian culture is now a flourishing part of French-speaking Canada.
- Most Quebecers descend from 8,500 French settlers of the 1600s and 1700s and keep a unique identity, culture and language.
- In 2006 the House of Commons recognized that the Quebecois form a nation within a united Canada.
- One million Anglo-Quebecers have a 250-year heritage in Quebec.