List of francophone communities in Ontario

This is a list of francophone communities in the Canadian province of Ontario. Municipalities with a high percentage of French-speakers in Ontario are listed.

The provincial average of Ontarians whose mother tongue is French is 4.1%, with a total of 549,000 people in Ontario who identify French as their mother tongue in 2016. The majority of francophones in Ontario live in eastern and northeastern Ontario. While most communities in these areas have sizeable French minorities, several municipalities have francophone majorities.

Most such places are designated as French language service areas under the provincial French Language Services Act, meaning that provincial government services must be available in French.

MunicipalityTypeCounty, district, or regional municipalityTotal population[1]Percentage of population whose mother tongue is French[1]
Alfred and PlantagenetTownshipPrescott and Russell9,19674%
Armstrong (Earlton)TownshipTimiskaming1,21663%
Black River-MathesonTownshipCochrane2,41032%
Blind RiverTownAlgoma3,54918%
BonfieldTownshipNipissing2,01629%
CallanderMunicipalityParry Sound3,86411%
CasselmanTownPrescott and Russell3,27583%
ChamplainTownshipPrescott and Russell8,57362%
Clarence-RocklandCityPrescott and Russell23,18568%
ChapleauTownshipSudbury2,11639%
ChisholmTownshipNipissing1,26315%
CobaltTownTimiskaming1,13317%
CochraneTownCochrane5,34044%
CornwallCityStormont, Dundas and Glengarry46,34024%
East FerrisTownshipNipissing4,51224%
East HawkesburyTownshipPrescott and Russell3,33561%
Elliot LakeCityAlgoma11,34816%
EspanolaTownSudbury5,36415%
French RiverTownSudbury2,44260%
Greater SudburyCitySingle-tier municipality160,77027%
GreenstoneTownThunder Bay4,72427%
HawkesburyTownPrescott and Russell10,55179%
HearstTownCochrane5,09094%
IgnaceTownshipKenora1,2028%
Iroquois FallsTownCochrane4,59543%
KapuskasingTownCochrane8,19670%
Kirkland LakeTownTimiskaming8,49315%
LakeshoreTownEssex34,5468%
ManitouwadgeTownshipThunder Bay2,10515%
MarathonTownThunder Bay3,35310%
Markstay-WarrenTownshipSudbury2,29736%
MattawaTownNipissing2,02334%
MoonbeamTownshipCochrane1,10184%
The NationTownshipPrescott and Russell11,66868%
North BayCityNipissing53,65114%
North DundasTownshipStormont, Dundas and Glengarry11,2258%
North GlengarryTownshipStormont, Dundas and Glengarry10,25139%
North StormontTownshipStormont, Dundas and Glengarry6,77525%
OttawaCitysingle-tier municipality883,39115%
Pain CourtVillageChatham-Kent56323%
PembrokeCityRenfrew14,3607%
PenetanguisheneTownSimcoe9,11111%
PetawawaTownRenfrew15,9888%
RussellTownshipPrescott and Russell15,24745%
Sables-Spanish RiversTownshipSudbury3,0759%
St. CharlesTownSudbury1,28247%
Smooth Rock FallsTownCochrane1,37671%
South GlengarryTownshipStormont, Dundas and Glengarry13,16229%
South StormontTownshipStormont, Dundas and Glengarry12,61715%
Temiskaming ShoresCityTimiskaming10,40031%
Terrace BayTownshipThunder Bay1,4717%
TimminsCityCochrane43,16538%
TinyTownshipSimcoe11,23211%
WawaTownshipAlgoma2,97519%
WellandCityNiagara50,63111%
West NipissingMunicipalityNipissing14,14965%

A number of small municipalities also have high francophone populations. These include the francophone-majority municipalities of Casey (71%), Dubreuilville (82%), Fauquier-Strickland (78%), Mattice-Val Côté (90%), McGarry (63%), Opasatika (85%), and Val Rita-Harty (80%). Unorganized North Cochrane District also has a French-speaking majority (64%).

Small francophone-minority municipalities include Baldwin (16%), Brethour (9%), Calvin (14%), Coleman (15%), Evanturel (13%), Essa (6%), Gauthier (8%), Harley (40%), Harris (39%), Hornepayne (14%), Hilliard (19%), Hudson (18%), James (45%), Kerns (11%), Killarney (13%), Larder Lake (34%), Matachewan (27%), Mattawan (15%), Nairn and Hyman (14%), Temagami (9%), The North Shore (22%), Papineau-Cameron (26%), Thornloe (33%), and White River (18%).

There are also a few small unincorporated communities (governed by local service boards) in Northeastern Ontario with sizeable francophone communities. These include Cartier (29%), Foleyet (26%), Gogama (56%), Jogues (91%), Sultan (40%) and Thorne (43%).

See also

References
  1. http://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2011/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E
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