Francophone Rights Timeline

Francophone Rights Timeline

– 1608 Samuel de Champlain founds the city of Quebec, establishing New France

– 1774 Britain passes the Quebec Act
– recognizes the rights of Francophones to their language and identity

– 1867 Confederation makes Canada a bilingual and multicultural country
– The Francophone-Anglophone alliance is established

– 1890 Manitoba Schools Act is passed
– Abolished public funding for Catholic Schools
– Made Manitoba an officially English province

– 1892 Haultain Resolution and North-West Territories Ordinance Number 22
– Proceeding of assembly be in English only
– English becomes language of instruction in schools
– Only in North-West Territories

– 1969 The Official Languages Act is established
– Reasserts the equality of French and English as official languages in Canada

– 1982 The Charter of Rights and Freedoms confirms official bilingualism
– Creates official language minority rights

– 1990 Supreme Court Confirms Francophone right to school boards

– 2005 Across Canada, Francophones outside Québec have established more than 25 school boards
– Including 5 in Alberta
– Alberta has 26 publicly funded Francophone Schools

Source: http://officialanguagerightscanada.weebly.com/francophone-timeline.html