The Authorities of Canada helps Francophone communities in Ontario on Franco-Ontarian Day.
OTTAWA, ON, Sept. 25, 2023 /CNW/ – In celebration of Franco-Ontarian Day, the Honourable Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Employment, Workforce Growth and Official Languages, introduced greater than $3 million in Authorities of Canada assist for official language minority communities within the Ottawa area.
Ontario is house to Canada’s largest Francophone neighborhood outdoors Quebec, with greater than 500,000 Francophones dwelling all through the province. The Authorities of Canada is proud to assist these Francophone communities by investing in native organizations that assist guarantee their vitality and sustainability whereas bettering entry to applications and companies.
The funding for these organizations, via the Group Life part of the Growth of Official-Language Communities Program, helps official language minority communities in creating areas the place members can participate in quite a lot of actions and applications. With this assist, these organizations are in a position to pursue initiatives associated to vital companies, instructional actions and neighborhood infrastructure in official language minority communities.
This assist aligns with the federal government’s new Motion Plan for Official Languages 2023-2028, which acknowledges the vital financial, social and cultural contributions of our official languages. The Motion Plan helps the event and strengthening of official language minority communities throughout the nation.
For extra data on the quantity invested in every group that’s a part of this announcement, see the backgrounder sheet.
“French is a elementary a part of our Canadian id. By investing in individuals who showcase Franco-Ontarian tradition and the French language in Ontario, we guarantee an inclusive and promising future for everybody.”
—The Honourable Randy Boissonnault, Minister of Employment, Workforce Growth and Official Languages
“I’m pleased with our ongoing dedication to the Franco-Ontarian neighborhood. Funding that helps this neighborhood’s vitality reveals our dedication to the vitality of French language and tradition in Ontario. This funding strengthens our social cloth and cultural variety, enriching all of Canada.”
—The Honourable Mona Fortier, Member of Parliament (Ottawa-Vanier)
“This funding from Canadian Heritage via the Growth of Official-Language Communities Program is important to the event, but in addition to the upkeep, of Francophone cultural programming at organizations such because the Vanier Museopark. For us, these investments enhance the visibility of Franco-Ontarian heritage and supply common and various public programming to a various clientele of Francophones whereas making certain our sustainability in a minority surroundings.”
—Madeleine Meilleur, Government Director, Vanier Museopark
- The Growth of Official-Language Communities Program enhances the vitality of Canada’s English and French-speaking minority communities and helps their growth.
- September 25 marks the date that the Franco-Ontarian flag was first raised on the College of Sudbury in 1975. September 25 lately grew to become Franco-Ontarian Day. The Ontario Parliament unanimously adopted the movement on April 26, 2010.
- The province’s largest Francophone inhabitants is in Japanese Ontario. Virtually two-thirds of the province’s Francophones stay in Japanese and Northeastern Ontario (43.1 % in Japanese Ontario and 19.7 % in Northeastern Ontario). Of that whole, 182,825 Francophones, about 30 %, stay within the Champlain area.
Growth of Official-Languages Program, Canadian Heritage
Statistics Canada Census 2016 – Profile of Ontarians
Profile of the Francophone inhabitants in Ontario – 2016
Motion Plan for Official Languages 2023-2028
OTTAWA, September 25, 2023
These initiatives and applications within the Ottawa area acquired funding via the Growth of Official-Language Communities Program (DOLC). The funding whole for these organizations in 2023-2024 is $3,160,850.
Ottawa area
Authorities of Canada broadcasts funding for Francophone organizations in Ontario on Franco-Ontarian Day
SOURCE Canadian Heritage
For additional data: For extra data (media solely), please contact:Farrah-Lilia Kerkadi, Press Secretary, Workplace of the Minister of Employment, Workforce Growth and Official Languages, ; Media Relations, Canadian Heritage, 819-994-9101, 1-866-569-6155,
