Canard? Not Duck?

[panamaniac]

I'm not sure what stats you were looking at, but 4%-5% of Ontarians are Francophones.  Locally, the percentage might be 2%, I don't know, although you do hear people speaking French upon occasion.  I have noticed that the local Francophone association has become more active lately.

You're right. 4.4% of Ontarians are French mother tongue as of the 2011 census. A higher number claim to be able to speak French (although I'm not sure what the actual number is). I just got 2% off the top of my head.

(0.3% of Ontarians report speaking "French only" and 10.9% report speaking "English and French".)

I'm sure lots of Quebecers end up in KW for the good tech jobs.  The pay is higher than in the Montreal region, the taxes are lower and the cost of living is no where near Toronto.  Also, Quebecers get to leave behind the terribly divisive language politics.  I left Quebec in 2008 and the only regret I have is that my family is so far away. I am an Anglophone so I had even more incentive to leave.

One thing I noticed is that there seem to be a lot more people who immigrate to the KW region vs Montreal. But that may be also an issue of the population that one talks to most.

At the risk of getting off topic, it may be the case that Marois was the last gasp of language politics for the near future. I think that both the PLQ and the CAQ don't really want to talk about it, and the PQ is not doing so well in polls.

Americans move around all the time. Flights are also way cheaper in the States. Compared to that, Montreal-KW isn't that far, although there is no convenient flight option (after Bearskin gave up on us). I think Canadians just don't migrate around the country nearly as much. It's a bit more provincial that way.

That would be particularly true of francophone Quebeckers. 

Re language politics, wouldn't you expect things to perk up again, if it's politically useful, when Peladeau wins the next provincial election?