Franco-Ontarian

plural Franco-Ontarians

1. A Francophone Canadian who resides in the province of Ontario.

   The mention of Regulation 17 continues to evoke chills in our community: Enacted from 1912 to 1927, Regulation 17 aimed to eradicate French-language education in Ontario schools. The objective was ultimately to assimilate Franco-Ontarians into the English-speaking majority.

   2018 November 30, Isabelle Bourgeault-Tassé, “How a family recipe taught me what’s at stake when Franco-Ontarians lose their roots”, in The Globe and Mail

1. not comparableOf or pertaining to Franco-Ontarians.

   This can be tedious, especially the minutiae of French laws and policies in Canada. When the discussion zooms in on a hot debate on raising the Franco-Ontarian flag in Sudbury, Ontario, it is hard not to feel that the topic of French in Canada has perhaps been exhausted.

   2006 November 29, William Grimes, “The French Have a (Precise and Elegant) Word for It”, in The New York Times