A thriving francophonie in Yukon

Despite being thousands of kilometres from Quebec, the territory’s francophone community is meeting the challenge of building a bilingual society.
The new high school in Whitehorse, Ecole secondaire communautaire Paul-Émile Mercier, opened in November 2020.

MONTREAL—“D’où venez-vous (where are you from)?” I found myself asking francophones on a recent trip to Whitehorse. At the cross-country ski club, coffee shops, and restaurants, or a charity hockey game, French seemed to be everywhere.  

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