Do english and french canadians speaking people get on well together?

Question

Segolene Royal said "Vive la Quebec libre" - So did De Gaulle.
In Belgium Wallons and Flemish do not get on well usually. So is Canada different? Is there some forms of anti english/french attitude?
Merci

Answer 1

I live in Montreal, went to both french and english schools. Yes there are some french people who dislike the english (french high school), but that is also true for some english speaking people ( went to an english college). Some can't stand the other but most get along pretty well. So it's not so bad.

Answer 2

Separatist feelings in Quebec generally run around 25 percent or so, although that number is slowly dropping. Others would like more independence, but still be associated with Canada. That would be maybe 40 or 45 percent. There is zero interest in Quebec and France joining. While they may be "French" Canadians, they stopped being "French" about 100 years (or more) before the USA stopped being British. The relationship between French and English Canada has been described as "the Two Solitudes." That pretty much sums it up: they're there, and we're here: we know each other exists, but, that's about it for the most part. I would not say we feel closely united at all. In fact, it can often be an irritant: e.g., trying to get a job in the Government if you are not bilingual is extremely hard. And, it seems that the standard of French required is much higher than the standard for English (rightly or wrongly), so, the perception is that Francophones have a huge advantage. This annoys the Anglophone majority a lot.

Answer 3

Ça dépends de la région du Canada ou l'on vit.
It depends where in Canada.
In Québec Anglos and Québecois generally get along.
In New-Brunswick they do also but usually live in diferent cities.
Moncton would be an exception as it is pretty well split 50 50.
In Ontarion there are not many French Canadians communities and I would like to think that they get along pretty well.
In Western Canada (Manitoba,Saskatchewan and Alberta) there are even less French Canadians and the English Canadians do not really pay much attention to them.
In BC,PEI,Nova Scotia and Newfoundland the French Canadians are such a minority that they have pretty well been forgotten

Finally outside of Québec most French Canadians are billingual so they live peacfully with everyone.

Answer 4

Wouldn't know about Canada, but what you say about Belgium is not true. Of course there are tensions between Flemish and Walloons, but that's normal. Do not forget it's been around for some 176 years and still, there's no civil war. And you can even make it even more difficult: throw Brussels in and you'll see there's also tensions between BXL and Walloons or BXL and flemish. Really, it's over-exaggerated. You can even say that us West-Flemish don't go along with Antwerpish people, and vice versa. No, it's a big generalisation. There are tensions, but everybody has tensions at some times with his neighbours, don't they ?

Answer 5

The French Canadians can be a little snotty sometimes, but that's true of French anywhere. By and large they get on well. Canadians on the whole are peace loving people- not prone to such drama.