The
Culture of Quebec emerged over the last few hundred years, resulting predominantly from the shared history of the
French-speaking North Americans majority in
Quebec. It is noteworthy in the
Western World; Quebec is the only region in
North America with a French-speaking majority, as well as one of only two provinces in
Canada where French is a constitutionally-recognized official language. (
New Brunswick being the other). For historical and linguistic reasons, Francophone Quebec also has cultural links with other North American and Caribbean French-speaking communities, particularly with the
Acadians of New Brunswick,
Nova Scotia and
Franco-Ontarian communities in
Eastern Ontario, and to a lesser extent with the Haitian, Maritinique and
French-Canadian communities of Northern
Ontario and
Western Canada and the
Cajun French revival movements in Louisiana,
United States. As of 2006, 79% of all Quebecers list French as their
mother tongue; since French is the official language in the province, up to 95% of all residents speak French.