French origins in eastern and northern Ontario
In Casselman, French is reported by 32.3 percent of the population in private households, and Franco Ontarian, which the census records as a separate response, by 6.7 percent.
Origin in this story: French, unspecified
About 1.0 million people in Ontario reported French, unspecified origin. · Ontario
French is reported by 32.3 percent of the population in private households in Casselman and 28.5 percent in Clarence-Rockland, east of Ottawa.
In the north the same response is given by 29.4 percent of the population in private households in Timmins, 31.1 percent in West Nipissing / Nipissing Ouest and 26.3 percent in Hearst.
Across Ontario French is reported by 7.3 percent of the population in private households, against 10.9 percent across Canada.
Within Ontario 502 dissemination areas report French 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, Franco Ontarian and Acadian are separate responses in the census. They are never added together here.
Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population
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