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Originally Posted by niwell
I have met Americans and others internationally that think Canada is mostly French speaking. But I think it’s much more common for people to think that all Canadians are fluent in both French and English. Which isn’t really the case in large parts of the country. Though on the whole I think most Anglo Canadians know more basic French than they give themselves credit for (even if we can’t hold a conversation!).
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Good that you brought that up as it's also a fairly widespread perception that Canadians are these multilingual Swiss-adjacent North Americans.
Far from the reality. Even about half of French Canadians speak only French.