English words from Canadian French
- cardinalOf fundamental importance; crucial, pivotal.
- lacrosseA sport played on a field between two opposing teams using sticks (crosses) and a ball, whereby one team defeats the other by scoring more goals within the allotted time.
- caribouAny of several North American subspecies Rangifer tarandus of the reindeer.
- CreeA member of this people.
- AlgonquinA member of an aboriginal North American people closely related to the Odawa and Ojibwe, and living mainly in Quebec.
- badlandsAn arid terrain characterized by severe erosion of sedimentary rocks.
- Canadiennefemale French-Canadian
- tamarackAny of several North American larches, of the genus Larix.
- pembinaSquashberry, lowbush cranberry (Viburnum edule).
- toqueA type of hat with no brim.
- voyageurA trader, particularly in furs, who worked (and explored) in the area of Canada and the northern United States from the 16th to early 19th centuries; they were often of Quebecois extraction.
- RobichaudA surname from French.
- poutineA dish consisting of French fries topped with cheese curds and gravy, eaten primarily in Canada.
- tuquea knit cap, often woollen but of varying shape, usually conical and topped by a pom-pom.
- Bloc QuébécoisA Canadian federal political party, with the goal of sovereignty for Quebec.
- bodewashDried buffalo or cow dung, sometimes used as fuel by pioneers.
- cabréeThe pronghorn antelope.
- dépanneurA convenience store, especially one that sells alcohol.
- frazilA collection of stray ice crystals that form in fast-moving water.
- Italian poutineA form of poutine made with spaghetti sauce instead of gravy.
- joualThe dialect of working-class Quebecers.
- parflecheA form of stiff leather made from rawhide.
- QuébécoisA native or inhabitant of the province of Quebec, Canada or the Quebec City, Quebec.
- sagamitéHulled Indian corn, or a stew made of this.
- shanty boyA young lumberjack.
- tourtièreA type of traditional French-Canadian meat pie, usually made with pork.
- wananishA fish from any of several freshwater populations of the Atlantic salmon, Salmo salar.