French Market in Canada?

The majority of French is on the East Coast - Ottawa East. So that's a little of Eastern Ontario, Obvioulsy Quebec and New Brunswick. Not very much French being spoken West of Ottawa (although I'm sure there is obviously some along the way).

Wikipedia says that 85% of all French speaking Canadian reside in Quebec.
 
Sorry just reread the original post....the french canadian and canadian market are entirely different beasts. The french population is around 6 millions.
 
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Okay, thanks for the info guys.... I'm trying to figure out if I should pre-sell the French Canadian rights seperately or keep them together with the Candian rights as a whole (I'm going with Lions Gate for US and Englsih Canada after we're done filming.). Now is there a difference between the French spoken in canada and in france? I'm leaning towards selling the french speaking rights for Canada and France to one distributor.
 
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//I've worked with both years ago and I believe as stated above its just a dialect thing.
Like US English & British English. But check for sure.

Yeah its interesting. The French appear to have the Canadian market nailed down, which is not surprising if you grew up in Canada watching French movies like I did. Alot of old classics there. I almost want to start a thread just for us old timers. (Remember Red Red?)

It's apparent Quebec strongly supports international films. What is it?..20:4 last I read...

So that's something to recognize and appreciate.
 
The dialect in Quebec is totally different than Parisian French. The language is the same but Quebecois French is more casual and definitely has its own distinct dialect. I understand both English and French.
 
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