For the same reason the Vikings and Anglophones went to Canada, exploration and Empire Building.
Acadians
Examples of cultural regions include a portion of Louisiana, and Francophones in Canada.
I believe you are referring to the acadians
Some Francophones began to demand independence from the rest of Canada. They opposed using English as the only official language, and worried that their language and culture might die.
Francophone collective rights are rights that French people in Canada are given. Because the majority of Canada is English speaking, French/Francophones need to have rights to get a good education, collective rights give them the right to be able to access a French speaking school where ever they live.
Union des Francophones was created in 1998-10.
Fluent French people are called Francophones.
Fédéralistes Démocrates Francophones was created on 1964-05-11.
The province of Quebec is the primary province in Canada where French is the primary language spoken. French is an official language in Canada, and many people in other provinces, such as New Brunswick and Ontario, also speak French.
While there isn't officially a designated area where French is spoken in Canada, the answer is Quebec. It's the province that has vastly more francophones than any other.
Why is this question in past tense? The province with the highest percentage of francophones is Quebec.
As of the 2016 Census, there were approximately 320,000 francophones in British Columbia, representing about 6% of the province's population.