Analyse de l'évolution démolinguistique de la population francophone hors Québec, 1971-1996
Year:
2000
Author :
Volume and number:
, 41 (2)
Journal:
, Recherches sociographiques
Pages :
, 211-238
Abstract
Cet article veut jeter un éclairage nouveau sur le rôle assimilateur du milieu urbain pour les minorités linguistiques, à la lumière des plus récentes données du recensement canadien. L'idée de la ville comme « machine à assimiler » est ici remise en question. À l'aide d'un cadre méthodologique approprié, permettant de tenir compte de l'évolution des structures démographiques selon l'âge, notre étude essaie de tracer un portrait de l'évolution du comportement linguistique des minorités francophones hors Québec durant la période 1971-1996. Ce portrait s'est fait en utilisant une approche comparative distinguant deux types de milieu, le milieu métropolitain et le milieu non métropolitain, pour essayer de voir si les tendances permettent de revoir le rôle joué par le milieu urbain. Les résultats obtenus, sans totalement confirmer cette remise en question du rôle assimilateur du milieu urbain, montrent toutefois qu'il y a encore de l'espoir pour les communautés francophones hors Québec en voie d'urbanisation et de métropolisation.
This paper aims to shed new light on the role of the urban milieu in the assimilation of linguistic minorities, drawing on the most recent data from the Canadian census. The idea of the city as an «assimilation machine» is called into question. Using an appropriate methodological framework that takes into account the trends in demographic structures according to age, this study seeks to draw a portrait of the changes in the linguistic behaviour of the French speaking minorities outside Quebec during the period 1971-1996. This portrait was assembled using a comparative approach that distinguishes between two types of milieu - the metropolitan and the non-metropolitan milieu – in seeking to determine whether the trends justify a reassessment of this role played by the urban milieu. The results obtained, although they do not completely confirm this questioning of the role of the urban milieu as an assimilator, do nevertheless indicate that there is still hope for the French speaking communities outside Quebec that are tending toward an increasingly urban and metropolitan existence.
This paper aims to shed new light on the role of the urban milieu in the assimilation of linguistic minorities, drawing on the most recent data from the Canadian census. The idea of the city as an «assimilation machine» is called into question. Using an appropriate methodological framework that takes into account the trends in demographic structures according to age, this study seeks to draw a portrait of the changes in the linguistic behaviour of the French speaking minorities outside Quebec during the period 1971-1996. This portrait was assembled using a comparative approach that distinguishes between two types of milieu - the metropolitan and the non-metropolitan milieu – in seeking to determine whether the trends justify a reassessment of this role played by the urban milieu. The results obtained, although they do not completely confirm this questioning of the role of the urban milieu as an assimilator, do nevertheless indicate that there is still hope for the French speaking communities outside Quebec that are tending toward an increasingly urban and metropolitan existence.
Theme :
DemographyFrancophones Outside QuebecLinguisticsRural SettingUrban SettingLinguistic minorities
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