French Language Facts

• French is spoken by more than 250 million people in more than 40 countries in the world
• French is spoken on each continent of the world
• French is the official language of:
  -  The European Union
  -  The Olympics
  -  The United Nations
• French is one of the two official languages of Canada; it is spoken and understood by nearly 9 million people in our country
• One out of every four Canadians has French as his/her mother tongue, and almost one in three Canadians speaks French
  
• French is spoken by more than 102, 000 people in Manitoba
• There are 96 French Immersion Schools in Manitoba
• There are presently 17, 000 students enrolled in the French Immersion program in Manitoba
• There are presently 77, 000 students enrolled in the Basic French program in Manitoba.