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Living in English in Quebec
The Quebec flag (1948) was adopted and assented to by an Act of the Legislature on March 9, 1950. Quebec's flag is generally known as the "fleurdelisé" flag. The white cross on a blue field recalls an ancient French military banner, and the four fleur de lys are symbolic of France.
French Mother Tongue Population: 5 700 150
English Mother Tongue Population: 586 435
Population with a knowledge of both official languages: 2 412 985
Other Mother Tongue Population: 666 923
Total Population: 7 045 080
Representative Organizations
Alliance Québec: the principal representative body founded in 1982 now has 12 local chapters in the greater Montreal area and in smaller communities across the province. Alliance Québec's current priorities are education, youth retention, Anglophone participation in all levels of the public service, health and social services, and the constitutional future of Quebec and Canada. Six regional associations represent the larger Anglophone communities outside Montreal: English-Speaking Townshippers' Association (Eastern Townships), Committee for Anglophone Social Action (Gaspé), Voice of English Quebec (Quebec City and surrounding area), Outaouais Alliance (Western Quebec), Coasters' Association (Lower North Shore), and the Chateauguay Valley English-Speaking People's Association (Southwestern Quebec). Other Organizations
Association of English-Language Publishers of Quebec. Council of Anglophone Magadalen Islanders English-Speaking Catholic Council Quebec Association of Adult Learning Quebec Community Newspaper Association Quebec Drama Federation Quebec Farmers' Association Quebec Federation of Home and School Associations Quebec Young Farmers' Provincial Federation Arts and Culture
In the Montreal area, access to a fairly complete range of cultural activities and consumer goods including English-language bookstores, record stores, cinemas, and theatres; variety of performing artists in English guaranteed through universities, four public CEGEPs and private cultural groups; outside Montreal, however, the situation is much less positive.
Several English-language professional and amateur theatre companies including Centaur Theatre, Theatre 1774, Geordie Productions and Youtheatre; recent
initiatives include the Montreal Fringe Festival, and the Quebec Drama Federation's Professional Theatre Showcase '93.
Sixteen publishing houses, eleven of which are members of the Association of English-Language Publishers of Quebec; and the Quebec Society for the Promotion of English Language Literature, which promotes and publishes Anglophone writers in the province.
Over 20 festivals and local fairs including the Wakeham-York Homecoming Festival (Gaspé), Fall Fest (Quebec City), Townshippers' Day (Eastern Townships), Heritage Day (Lower Laurentians), and the Ormstown Exhibition (Chateauguay Valley).
Dozens of museums and historical societies including the Aylmer Heritage Association and the Aylmer Museum (Western Quebec), the Brome County Historical Society (Eastern Townships), the Ascot Museum and historical Society (Eastern Townships), the Quebec Family History Society (Montreal), and the Gaspesian British Heritage Association (New Richmond). Communications
Two daily newspapers (The Gazette, Montreal and The Record, Sherbrooke) and 21 weeklies or bimonthlies (including The Equity, Shawville; Stanstead Journal, Stanstead; The First Informer, Magdalen Islands (Îles de la Madeleine); The Gleaner, Huntington; Quebec, Chronicle-Telegraph, Quebec City; SPEC, Gaspé; The West Quebec Post, Buckingham; Aylmer Bulletin, Aylmer; and The Townships Sun, Lennoxville).
Six private radio stations in Montreal and two CBC affiliates airing programs produced in Toronto, Montreal, and Quebec City; community radio on the Lower North Shore in St. Augustin, Harrington Harbour and a bilingual station in Blanc Sablon.
Three television stations (two in Montreal and one in Quebec City); and cable access to many Canadian and American English-language channels. Economy
The English-language Montreal Board of Trade recently amalgamated with the French-language Chambre de commerce de Montréal to create a bilingual institution representing Montreal's business community. Education
Section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms gives access to instruction in English to children whose parents have received their education in English in Canada or whose brothers and sisters already attend an English-language school.
340 elementary and secondary English-language schools; there were 519 such schools in 1970/71.
Three public CEGEPs on the island of Montreal (Dawson, Vanier, John Abbott); Champlain Regional College witih three campuses serving St-Lambert, Lennoxville and Quebec City; Heritage College in Hull serving Western Quebec; and the CEGEPs in the Gaspé and Sept-Îles with a section for Anglophone students.
Three universities (McGill, Concordia and Bishop's). Modification: {ts '2003-12-31 00:00:00'}
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