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COMMUNITIES

The bulk of the anglophone population of Quebec resides in the .)

Numerous towns in various parts of Quebec were founded by anglophones beginning with the settlement by the .)


INSTITUTIONS


Education

In 2001, Quebec had 340 primary and secondary English-language schools administered by nine anglophone school boards:


In addition, there are eight English CEGEP s:


There are also three universities which offer instruction in English:


Concordia, however, offers instruction in French as well.


Culture

There are several amateur and professional theatre companies, notably the Centaur Theatre . Since 1989 , the Quebec Drama Federation has represented the English-language milieu in Quebec.

Since 1998 , the Quebec Writers' Federation has represented the interests of English-language writers in Quebec and distributes the QWF awards. The federation grew out of the Quebec Society for the Promotion of English Language Literature and the Federation of English Writers of Quebec. There are 16 publishing houses in Quebec.

In the Montreal area, Quebecers have access to a wide range of English-language cultural activities and "goods" such as record stores, bookstores, cinemas, museums, concerts etc. Outside Montreal, the resources are more scarce.

There is still "cultural unity" between the English-speaking minority in Quebec and the English speaking majority in the other provinces of Canada. The Quiet Revolution which split the identity of the French speaking population of Canada, did not have the same effect on the English speaking minority in Quebec.


Media

Almost all English-language media in Quebec are based in the Montreal area.

Television: The province's English television stations are CBMT ( CBC ), CFCF ( CTV ), CKMI ( Global ) and CJNT ( CH ). CKMI is officially licensed to Quebec City , with a rebroadcaster in Montreal; however, its actual operations are in Montreal. CJNT airs multilingual programming in addition to the CH prime time schedule. These stations are available on cable throughout the province. Anglophones in the Outaouais region are served by English Stations From Ottawa .

Radio: English radio stations in Montreal include AM stations CKGM (sports), CJAD (news/talk) and CINW (''940 News''), and FM outlets CBME ( CBC Radio One ), CKUT ( Campus Radio from McGill University ), CFQR (''Q92'', adult contemporary}, CJFM (''Mix96'', hot AC), CBM-FM ( CBC Radio Two ) and CHOM (rock). Listeners in Sherbrooke , Lennoxville and the Eastern Townships are served by CBC Radio One and CBC Radio Two, a CJAD rebroadcast transmitter, and the Bishop's University station CJMQ . CBC Radio One is also available in many other Quebec communities. Parts of the province also receive English-language signals from Ontario , New Brunswick , New York or New England . However, no community in the province besides Montreal has an English commercial station.

Newspapers: Quebec has two English-language daily newspapers: the large '' Montreal Gazette '', and the small '' Sherbrooke Record '', a local newspaper for the Eastern Townships. Many smaller communities in Quebec also have English-language weekly papers, including '' The Equity '' in Shawville , the '' Stanstead Journal '' in Stanstead , '' The First Informer '' in the Magdalen Islands , '' The Gleaner '' in Huntington , the '' Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph '' in Quebec City , '' SPEC '' in the Gaspé region, the '' West Quebec Post '' in Buckingham , the '' Aylmer Bulletin '' in Aylmer and the '' Townships Sun '' in Lennoxville . Montreal also has two English alternative weeklies, ''Hour'' and ''Mirror''.


HISTORY

''Main article: History Of English-speaking Quebec ''


LANGUAGE

''Main article: Quebec English ''

For the most part, the English spoken by first-language English-speakers in Quebec is the same as Canadian English . However, there are some local lexical features that stem from contact with French.


RECOGNISED RIGHTS

Quebec's language regulations have at times been the centre of controversy. See Legal Dispute Over Quebec's Language Policy .


Federal

  • Since 1867, Section 133 of the Constitutional Act, 1867 , has made the use of French and English possible for any person in the debates of the houses of the Parliament Of Canada and the Legislature Of Quebec and has made it mandatory for the records and journals of those houses. It also gives any person the right to plead in either English or French in any of the Courts of Quebec. Finally, the acts of the Parliament of Canada and of the Legislature of Quebec must be printed and published in both English and French. (The same is not true for all other provinces.)

  • Since 1982, Section 23 of the Canadian constitution recognizes educational rights to members of the linguistic minority of each province. For example, citizens of Canada whose home language is English have the right to have their children receive primary and secondary school instruction in English in Quebec. (Francophones have corresponding rights in the other provinces.)



Provincial

  • Since 1993, Sections 73 and 76 of the Charter Of The French Language has protected and expanded the constitutional rights of the English-speaking minority of Quebec. The original 1977 charter recognized the rights of Quebec anglophones alone. That is, Canadian citizens from outside Quebec had to send their children to French schools like all other Quebecers. The introduction of educational rights for linguistic minorities in the 1982 Canadian constitution invalidated Chapter VIII of the charter. In 1993, the charter was amended to comply with the various rulings of the Supreme Court Of Canada and the United Nations regarding language rights.

  • In 2002, Quebec's French Language Charter was amended with ''Bill 104'', which aims to prevent education received in fully-private English schools or through temporary certificates from producing constitutional education rights. Several court cases are still pending.


  • In addition to the rights guaranteed by the constitution of Canada, the various regulations passed under the charter recognize other linguistic rights of Quebec anglophones. Quebecers have the right to receive services in English from all public health care and social service institutions in Quebec. The charter also permits bilingual status to cities with a majority of English mother-tongue residents. This allows the municipal government to offer French and English services to all (cities with minority English communities must provide French-only services). Ninety-three municipalities offer bilingual services in Quebec.



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