French origins on the Red River plain
Among Manitoba municipalities of at least 1,000 people in private households counted, the highest French share is 43.9 percent, in Lorne.
Origin in this story: French, unspecified
About 120,000 people in Manitoba reported French, unspecified origin. · Prairies
French is reported by 43.9 percent of the population in private households in the Lorne municipality, 32.9 percent in St-Pierre-Jolys and 31.7 percent in De Salaberry.
Closer to the city the share is 25.5 percent in Ritchot and 23.1 percent in Taché.
Across Manitoba French is reported by 9.2 percent of the population in private households, against 10.9 percent across Canada.
In the Winnipeg census metropolitan area 77,970 people reported French origins, and within Manitoba 40 dissemination areas are above 30 percent of the population in private households.
Residents may report more than one origin, so the shares across origins can sum to more than 100 percent.
French, Québécois, French Canadian and Métis are separate responses in the census. They are never added together here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population
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