Je me souviens ... I Remember ...

Spending some quality time in Toronto, we are now back in Montreal ...
The largest city of the Canadian province of Quebec and the only city in Quebec at which you can speak English along with French and not yet catch the strange stares of the people in the streets ...
I remember being in the capital of the province (Quebec City) and it was really odd for the people in the streets to comprehend or to speak English ...

Quebec is the only province among all 10 provinces and 3 Canadian territories that has maintained its official language French instead of English ...
This is very much interesting when it comes to the reality that all the traffic signs, shops and writings in the streets are in French as well as all the language of the official correspondence ...

Although English is considered as the "Second" official language but there is significant attempts in attracting and introducing the new immigrants of the province with French language ... This even includes the "Paid French Courses" at which the Government of Quebec "pays" the immigrants to attend French language classes at colleges and universities.

This is apart from easily granting permanent residency to the vast majority of the "French Speaking Immigrants" from formerly French colonized countries like Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Congo, Cameron, Lebanon, Syria and many more selected directly by the the Government of Quebec under the "Canada-Quebec Accord" at which Quebec can choose its immigration applicants "without" permission and intervention of the Federal Canadian Government...

Having French as the official language ... the people here called "Francophones" have adapted the "French Way of Life" making the habits of the people and the appearance of the people to be very much similar to those of in the European French cities ... of course very different from the City of Toronto and the rest of North American cities ...


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[Photo: Car Licence Plate of Quebec, "Je me Souviens" (I Remember That) is the official motto of Quebec. Photo: Courtesy of Wikipedia)