List of francophone communities in Ontario
This is a list of francophone communities in the Canadian province of Ontario. Municipalities with a high percentage of French-speakers in Ontario are listed.
The provincial average of Ontarians whose mother tongue is French is 3.9%, with a total of 493,300 people in Ontario who identify French as their mother tongue. The majority of francophones in Ontario live in eastern and northeastern Ontario. While most communities in these areas have sizeable French minorities, there are several municipalities that have francophone majorities. This list contains municipalities with percentages of francophones higher than the provincial average.
Most such places are designated as French language service areas under the provincial French Language Services Act, meaning that provincial government services must be available in French.
| Municipality | Type | County/District/Regional Municipality | Total Population[1] | Percentage of population whose Mother Tongue is French[2] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alfred and Plantagenet | Township | Prescott and Russell | 9,196 | 74% |
| Armstrong (Earlton) | Township | Timiskaming | 1,216 | 63% |
| Black River-Matheson | Township | Cochrane | 2,410 | 32% |
| Blind River | Town | Algoma | 3,549 | 18% |
| Bonfield | Township | Nipissing | 2,016 | 29% |
| Callander | Municipality | Parry Sound | 3,864 | 11% |
| Casselman | Town | Prescott and Russell | 3,275 | 83% |
| Champlain | Township | Prescott and Russell | 8,573 | 62% |
| Clarence-Rockland | City | Prescott and Russell | 23,185 | 68% |
| Chapleau | Township | Sudbury | 2,116 | 39% |
| Chisholm | Township | Nipissing | 1,263 | 15% |
| Cobalt | Town | Timiskaming | 1,133 | 17% |
| Cochrane | Town | Cochrane | 5,340 | 44% |
| Cornwall | City | Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry | 46,340 | 24% |
| East Ferris | Township | Nipissing | 4,512 | 24% |
| East Hawkesbury | Township | Prescott and Russell | 3,335 | 61% |
| Elliot Lake | City | Algoma | 11,348 | 16% |
| Espanola | Town | Sudbury | 5,364 | 15% |
| French River | Town | Sudbury | 2,442 | 56% |
| Greater Sudbury | City | Single-tier municipality | 160,770 | 27% |
| Greenstone | Town | Thunder Bay | 4,724 | 27% |
| Hawkesbury | Town | Prescott and Russell | 10,551 | 79% |
| Hearst | Town | Cochrane | 5,090 | 88% |
| Hornepayne | Township | Algoma | 1,050 | 14% |
| Ignace | Township | Kenora | 1,202 | 8% |
| Iroquois Falls | Town | Cochrane | 4,595 | 43% |
| Kapuskasing | Town | Cochrane | 8,196 | 70% |
| Kirkland Lake | Town | Timiskaming | 8,493 | 15% |
| Lakeshore | Town | Essex | 34,546 | 8% |
| Manitouwadge | Township | Thunder Bay | 2,105 | 15% |
| Marathon | Town | Thunder Bay | 3,353 | 10% |
| Markstay-Warren | Township | Sudbury | 2,297 | 36% |
| Mattawa | Town | Nipissing | 2,023 | 34% |
| Moonbeam | Township | Cochrane | 1,101 | 84% |
| The Nation | Township | Prescott and Russell | 11,668 | 68% |
| North Bay | City | Nipissing | 53,651 | 14% |
| North Dundas | Township | Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry | 11,225 | 8% |
| North Glengarry | Township | Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry | 10,251 | 39% |
| North Stormont | Township | Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry | 6,775 | 25% |
| Ottawa | City | single-tier municipality | 883,391 | 15% |
| Pembroke | City | Renfrew | 14,360 | 7% |
| Penetanguishene | Town | Simcoe | 9,111 | 11% |
| Petawawa | Town | Renfrew | 15,988 | 8% |
| Russell | Township | Prescott and Russell | 15,247 | 45% |
| Sables-Spanish Rivers | Township | Sudbury | 3,075 | 9% |
| St. Charles | Town | Sudbury | 1,282 | 47% |
| Smooth Rock Falls | Town | Cochrane | 1,376 | 71% |
| South Glengarry | Township | Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry | 13,162 | 29% |
| South Stormont | Township | Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry | 12,617 | 15% |
| Temiskaming Shores | City | Timiskaming | 10,400 | 31% |
| Terrace Bay | Township | Thunder Bay | 1,471 | 7% |
| Timmins | City | Cochrane | 43,165 | 38% |
| Tiny | Township | Simcoe | 11,232 | 11% |
| Wawa | Township | Algoma | 2,975 | 19% |
| Welland | City | Niagara | 50,631 | 11% |
| West Nipissing | Municipality | Nipissing | 14,149 | 65% |
A number of small municipalities (with populations under 1000 people) also have high francophone populations. These include the francophone-majority municipalities of Casey (71%), Dubreuilville (82%), Fauquier-Strickland (78%), Mattice-Val Côté (90%), McGarry (63%), Opasatika (85%), and Val Rita-Harty (80%). Unorganized North Cochrane District also has a French-speaking majority (64%).
Small francophone-minority municipalities include Baldwin (16%), Brethour (9%), Calvin (14%), Coleman (15%), Evanturel (13%), Essa (6%), Gauthier (8%), Harley (40%), Harris (39%), Hilliard (19%), Hudson (18%), James (45%), Kerns (11%), Killarney (13%), Larder Lake (34%), Matachewan (27%), Mattawan (15%), Nairn and Hyman (14%), The North Shore (22%), Papineau-Cameron (26%), Thornloe (33%), and White River (18%).