What ways do French Canadians try to preserve their culture and language?

Answer 1

Well most of the French Canadians live in Quebec. They try to preserve their culture in several ways. I will state a few.

1) They want to make Quebec its own country.

2) They have special laws to preserve their language.

3) Street and Adveritsing signs are written in English and French.

4) They have special liscense plates that say Je me souviens which means I remember. This shows they remember their French heritage.

Answer 2

English speaking Canada (also known as Anglophone Canada) has been politically and economically dominant for a long time, and it tends to absorb minority languages and cultures. Everyone in Canada finds it useful to know English, whereas most people have little need to know French. Furthermore, Canada's big southern neighbor, the United States, is also an English speaking country which exerts considerable cultural influence. Canadians watch American movies and TV shows, read American books, etc. That adds to the dominant role of the English language. Under the circumstances, the language and culture of French speaking (or Francophone) Canada could be lost if people do not work to conserve it.

Answer 3

One reason might be the status of french language before and nowadays: before it was the most important language in Europe, but not anymore. Also french are worried about English language taking over and influencing french too much, so they have even laws to not to have English too much in shops' names, for example.