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TOP FRENCH-
4 CANADIAN
CITIES
Quebec City
With its Parisian
ambience, this city
(p260) is the heart
of French Canada.
Montreal
Most residents of this
bilingual city (p238)
are of French descent.
Ottawa
The citizens of Canada’s
capital (p210) speak a
mix of both languages.
Winnipeg
Home to St. Boniface
(p162), this is Canada’s
second-largest French-
speaking community
outside Quebec.
Religious Roots
Costumed girls Huge stone churches
celebrating the adorn tiny villages in
Saint-Jean- Quebec province and New
Baptiste Brunswick. A legacy of
(John the their Roman Catholic
Baptist) Day founders, they give towns
in Montreal like Val-Morin a charming
French atmosphere.
Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day,
on June 24, is a public holiday
in Quebec, when many
French communities celebrate
with traditional parades.
French Architecture
Looming over the skyline
of Old Quebec, the iconic
Fairmont Le Château
Frontenac (p270) resembles a
turreted French chateau.
Montreal’s Hôtel de Ville, built
in the French Second Empire
style, and its magnificent
Basilique Notre-Dame-de-
Montréal (p242) also bring a
European flair to Canada’s
eastern cities.
The copper-roofed
Fairmont Le Château
Frontenac, lit up at dusk
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