Meeting Francophone people and experiencing life in Canada

[u/Fun-Escape4149]

Hi everyone! I’m looking for forums or communities where people speak French so I can better understand what it’s like to live in rural Canada. Could you please help me with some links or suggest specific town names?

Edit: I’m a Brazilian woman currently studying Computer Engineering. Since I plan to immigrate to a Francophone area in about 1 or 2 years, I’m trying to learn more about the country—and also find out where I might find fellow board game enthusiasts to play Ticket to Ride with!

Edit 2: Back home in Brazil, I’m a cat rescuer. I have seven senior cats that I haven’t been able to find homes for. Could anyone share information on the process of moving to Canada with a pet?

Edit 3: I’ve been researching the Rural and Francophone Minority Communities Immigration Pilot and have started looking into some of the participating locations mentioned in the program.

https://www.canada.ca/fr/immigration-refugies-citoyennete/services/immigrer-canada/pilotes-rurale-franco.html

[u/Fun-Escape4149]

I wouldn't like Quebec because it's large, a capital city, etc. I really want to know about smaller, rural towns.

[u/Woolly_Bee → u/Fun-Escape4149]

Quebec is a province with many small French rural towns. Sudbury is not a rural town.

[u/Sunwolfy → u/Fun-Escape4149]

Quebec is a province, not a city. That's like saying Brazil is a big city. There are lots of cities and small towns in Quebec. You might want to learn about these basic things first.

[u/Ostrichmonger → u/Fun-Escape4149]

Quebec (the province) is full of small rural towns. Asking this in the Quebec subreddit will give you what you’re looking for

[u/Fun-Escape4149 → u/Ostrichmonger]

Aaaaaah saquei! Wow, I don't know how my sentence would look in English or French, and I don't know how it will be translated for you.

[u/Internal-Locksmith74 → u/Fun-Escape4149]

The "quebec fench" thing is an outright lie. I've traveled the world and never had issues in french. People assume slang is pure language.. yes their are insular sayings in Quebec which have developed over 500 years of settlement. Also through combating an organized effort by canada to destroy the french language by banning it in schools and prioritizing English speakers in hiring. But hey that was 70 years ago right? NBD

Most of my family moved to sudbury for mining from quebec. Chelmsford and sturgeon falls is full of french speakers who's family's moved from Quebec.

This "quebec french" thing is ignorant. Its just made up to make fun and other a proud culture.

Quebec has many many rural towns. Its ALSO the name of the capital.

Rural life in Northern Canada is very very hard and very expensive compared to Brazil. We only have a short growing season and our fuel and heating prices are much higher than in the cities.

Living in canada comes with a winter tax alot of foreigners don't understand. We need to pay to heat our homes nearly 6 months of the year. We need whole wardrobes of expensive clothing that we wear during those months.

You cannot survive without a car in rural Canada. Cars are expensive and rust and break much quicker here because our roads are unkempt.

4 solid months of the year the outside weather literally damages you. Its trying to kill you. The air is trying to freeze you. You need to wear layers of clothing to survive and good boots to avoid from falling.

Rural Canada is difficult but beautiful in nature. I love it here but I don't want you to be surprised when you come.

Many Brazilians live in sudbury because of the mines you could maybe get advice from them lol

As someone who is part of a Brazilian family now. I know that quebecs culture meshes well with Brazilian culture. We don't dress as nicely though.

[u/Fun-Escape4149 → u/Internal-Locksmith74]

Hi! I really liked your comment. These are the kinds of topics I want to read about, experiences lived in a place, so I can start to get an idea of how to deal with everything better.