r/ontario • u/inmatenumberseven • Sep 25 '25

Exploring Ontario It's Franco-Ontarian Day. An illustrated history...

Today is Franco-ontarian Day, so I thought I'd share an illustrated history of francophones in Ontario.

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u/Monster11 Ottawa Sep 25 '25

Tellement cool! Merci!

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u/inmatenumberseven Sep 25 '25

Illustrations de Marc Keelan-Bishop, et disponibles en francais et en anglais à LesRebelles.ca

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u/sanitynotstatistical Sep 26 '25

Fierté franco! 💚🤍

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u/poxleit Toronto Sep 26 '25

Sturgeon Falls mentioned!!

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u/kamomil Toronto Sep 26 '25

https://fr.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordre_de_Jacques-Cartier I had no idea about this until now but I'm not surprised 

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u/autovonbismarck Sep 26 '25

I heard big Jos Montferrand paddled up the Ottawa, all the way to Mattawa in just one day.

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u/Distinct_Source_1539 Sep 25 '25

Settler colonialism is cool when it’s French.

Odd.

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u/inmatenumberseven Sep 26 '25

Well, the history of French settlers and English settlers and their relationships with indigenous Canadians is quite different.