Canadian French covers the varieties of French spoken in Canada, where French is one of two official languages at federal level. Quebec is its stronghold, with roughly seven million francophones, and the province's Charter of the French Language, passed in 1977, makes French the language of government, schooling and the workplace there. Acadian French, a distinct variety, is spoken in New Brunswick, Canada's only officially bilingual province, and French-speaking communities continue in Ontario and Manitoba. Quebec French keeps some pronunciations and vocabulary that faded in France after colonial ties were cut in 1763, and it coins its own terms, such as courriel for email. The informal urban register known as joual holds a place in Quebec theatre and song. Written Canadian French follows the same standard as France, with local touches.
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