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French Canadians In Canada

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FRENCH CANADIANS

Did you know that one quarter of Canada's population is French Canadians? French Canadians can be found in all around Canada, mainly in Quebec they can also be found in the United states found mostly in Louisiana and New England. There are 6.5 million French Canadians in Canada and there are 2-5 million of them in the United States. In the united States there are also called the Cajuns.

Food Some of the amazing french canadian food are French pea soup which contains ingredients like bacon, carrots, and potatoes. Another great food is Butter tarts which are a popular dessert along with Crepes. For christmas they will eat seafood like lobsters and oysters and for dessert they eat a cake like a chocolate sponge cake that is called bûche de Noël. For thanksgiving they eat turkey like us but they also eat other terrific foods like a variety of delicious soups like one called butternut squash …show more content…

The genres they mainly listen to are blues, classical, country , hip hop , jazz , punk, and latin. Some big music festivals they have are the quebec city summer festival and canadian music week which lasts for a whole week it began in 1981 and is still going to this day during the week there are stands a parade and concerts. Music is very popular for the french canadians and a lot of these singers have amazing voices like celine dion who was one of the most famous singers still to this day.

Clothing
French canadian wear some clothing somewhat like ours but in the 1800’s and the 1950’s woman would wear along puffy dress with a bonnet. Men would wear red dress like shirts with fur boots and fancy hats called a kepi. A popular designer who is also a famous singer is avril lavigne who started out at age 17 and is 32 years old now. The clothing industry in canada was most popular in 2001, ever since then the canadian clothing has been industry has been killing lit.

Avril Lavigne

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