 Quebec is a Canadian province with a French-speaking majority (81% cite French alone as their mother tongue
while 95% are either fluent in French or have a working knowledge of French as a second or third language).In contrast the rest of Canada has a majority of English speakers (75% cite English alone as their mother tongue
while 98% have a working knowledge in the last census), compared to 11% who have a working knowledge of French.Before 1763, most of the land that is currently the Province of Quebec was part of New France, an area of North America colonized by France.