French outside Quebec “remains fragile” despite billions in grants invested to promote the language since 2003, according to a report by the Department of Canadian Heritage.
Published last November, the report says the feasibility of establishing thriving Francophone communities outside of Quebec—defined as Francophone official language minority communities (OLMCs)—remains challenging even though funding to launch programs that encourage the use of French has been provided.
“[T]he viability of Francophone OLMCs remains fragile,” said the report, titled “Evaluation of the Official Languages Support Programs 2003–04 to 2020–21,” as first reported by Blacklock’s Reporter.
“Since 2006, the demographic weight of Francophone OLMCs has decreased while that of Anglophone OLMCs has increased slightly.”…