French America
French America (French: Amérique française) is the French-speaking community of people and their diaspora, notably those tracing back origins to New France, the early French colonization of the Americas. The Canadian province of Quebec is the centre of the community and is the point of origin of most of French America. It also includes communities in all provinces of Canada (especially in New Brunswick, where francophones are roughly one third of the population),[1] Saint Pierre et Miquelon, Haiti, Saint Martin, Saint Barthélemy, Saint Lucia, Martinique, and Guadeloupe in the Caribbean; French Guiana (Overseas region of France) in South America. Also there are minorities of French speakers in part of the United States (New England, Louisiana, Florida), Dominica, Grenada and Trinidad and Tobago.
The Ordre des francophones d’Amérique is a decoration given in the name of the community to its members. It can also be described as the Francophonie of the Americas.
Countries, Administrative Divisions and French possessions
This is a list of countries, Administrative Divisions and French possessions in the Americas having the French language as an official language. The data of each place are based in the 2012 - 2013 Census.
Country | Population | Area (km²)[lower-alpha 1] | GDP (nominal) | GDP (nominal) per capita |
---|---|---|---|---|
8,164,361 | 1,542,056 | $394,819 million[2] | $47,443[3] | |
(Canada) |
747,101 (Only 1/3 of the population are francophone) | 72,907 | $394,819 million[2] | $47,443[3] |
0 | ||||
72,660 (the number of French speakers is unknown) | 750 | $14,166[4] | $7,022[4] | |
9,996,731[5] | 27,750 | $1,242[6] | $758[6] | |
173,765 | 617 | $1.239 billion[7] | $7,769[7] | |
36,286 | 53.2 | |||
405,739[9][note 1] | 1,628 | €19,810 [10] | ||
250,109[9] | 83,534 | €15,416 [10] | ||
386,486[9] | 1,128 | €21,527 [10] | ||
9,035[11] | 25[12] | |||
6,080[9][note 1] | 242 | €26,073[13] | ||
Total | 20,248,353 (Total population of the territories. Actual number of francophones is lower) | 10,100,126 | $24.340 | $36,738 |
Members and corresponding diasporas
See also
- American French
- Acadia
- Franco-American relations
- Francophone
- Francophonie
- Franco-Ontarian
- French-Canadian
- French colonization of the Americas
- French language in the United States
- French Louisiana
- French West Indies
- Haiti
- French-based creole languages
- History of Quebec
- New England French
- Missouri French
- Colonial French
- New France
- Quebec
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon
- Cajun
- Louisiana
- Louisiana Creole
- French language in Canada
- Newfoundland French
- African French
References
- ↑ "Ethnic Origin (232), Sex (3) and Single and Multiple Responses (3) (2001 Census)". 2.statcan.ca. Retrieved 2013-09-23.
- 1 2 "Institut de la statistique Quebéc".
- 1 2 "Institut de la statistique Quebéc". International Monetary Fund. April 2014 data. Retrieved June 28, 2014. Check date values in:
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(help) - 1 2 "Dominica". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 2013-04-18.
- ↑ "The World Factbook". Central Intelligence Agency. Retrieved 22 May 2014.
- 1 2 "Haiti". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 18 April 2013.
- 1 2 "Saint Lucia". International Monetary Fund. Retrieved 21 April 2012.
- ↑ "Demografia de Chile" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on July 7, 2011.
- 1 2 3 4 INSEE. "Estimation de population au 1er janvier, par région, sexe et grande classe d'âge – Année 2013" (in French). Retrieved 2014-01-26.
- 1 2 3 INSEE. "Produits intérieurs bruts régionaux et valeurs ajoutées régionales de 1990 à 2012". Retrieved 2014-03-04.
- ↑ INSEE, Government of France. "Populations légales 2011 pour les départements et les collectivités d'outre-mer" (in French). Retrieved 2014-01-26.
- ↑ INSEE. "Actualités : 2008, An 1 de la collectivité de Saint-Barthélemy" (in French). Retrieved 2014-01-31.
- ↑ "Evaluation du PIB 2004 de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon – janvier 2007" (PDF). p. 24. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 February 2013. Retrieved 8 February 2013.
Notes
- 1 2 Figure without the territories of Saint-Martin and Saint-Barthélemy detached from Guadeloupe on 22 February 2007.
- ↑ Values listed in km².