{"id":1297,"date":"2021-11-12T13:57:15","date_gmt":"2021-11-12T18:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/communities\/newfoundland-and-labrador\/"},"modified":"2026-02-27T13:39:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T18:39:04","slug":"newfoundland-and-labrador","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/en\/the-francophonie-to-discover\/communities\/newfoundland-and-labrador\/","title":{"rendered":"Newfoundland and Labrador"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Newfoundland and Labrador<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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In 2021, the community had 2,215\u00a0people with French as their mother tongue and around 26,000\u00a0people having knowledge of French.<\/p>\n

In 1984, the province\u2019s first French-language school opened in the village of La\u00a0Grand\u2019Terre.<\/p>\n

The official Newfoundland-Labrador Francophone flag was first hoisted in 1987.<\/p>\n

In 1996, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration des francophones de Terre-Neuve-et du Labrador (FFTNL) obtained the province\u2019s recognition of Francophones\u2019 right to their own French-language school board. The following year, Canada signed an agreement with Newfoundland and Labrador regarding the creation of French schools and a provincial Francophone school board.<\/p>\n

In 1999, the provincial government designated May 30 as Provincial Francophonie Day.<\/p>\n

In 2002, the FFTNL formally announced the creation of a school and community centre in the provincial capital of St. John\u2019s, which in 2004 welcomed all Francophone organizations, thereby improving relations between all these entities and fostering a more united Francophone community in the capital region.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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En 1984, le village de La Grand\u2019Terre voit l\u2019ouverture de la premi\u00e8re \u00e9cole francophone de la province.<\/p>\n

La premi\u00e8re lev\u00e9e du drapeau officiel francophone de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador a lieu en 1987.<\/p>\n

En 1996, la F\u00e9d\u00e9ration des francophones de Terre-Neuve-et du Labrador (FFTNL) obtient la reconnaissance par la province du droit des francophones \u00e0 avoir leur propre conseil scolaire. L’ann\u00e9e suivante, le Canada et la province de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador signent une entente relative \u00e0 la cr\u00e9ation d’\u00e9coles francophones et d’un conseil scolaire francophone provincial.<\/p>\n

C\u2019est en 1999\u00a0que le gouvernement provincial d\u00e9cr\u00e8te que\u00a0le 30\u00a0mai de chaque ann\u00e9e sera la journ\u00e9e de la francophonie terre-neuvienne-et-labradorienne.<\/p>\n

En 2002, la FFTNL annonce officiellement la cr\u00e9ation d’un centre scolaire et communautaire dans la capitale provinciale, St-Jean, qui, en 2004, accueillera tous les organismes francophones, ce qui permettra d\u2019am\u00e9liorer les rapports entre toutes ces entit\u00e9s et d\u2019unifier la communaut\u00e9 francophone dans la r\u00e9gion de la capitale.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The\u00a0F\u00e9d\u00e9ration des francophones de Terre-Neuve et du Labrador (FFTNL)<\/a>\u00a0is a not-for-profit organization created in 1973. The same year, a French immersion program was implemented because the provincial government refused to subsidize the creation of Francophone schools. In the years that followed, Francophones achieved several successes, such as the construction of school and community centres and the signing of agreements with the federal government.<\/p>\n

The FFTNL defends and promotes the rights and interests of the Francophone and Acadian communities in Newfoundland and Labrador. It works to protect the rights of Francophones in minority situations. Its mission is to promote and facilitate the development of the province\u2019s Francophonie. This situation is the successful result of community members coming together through targeted lobbying and public consultation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Conseil scolaire francophone provincial de Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador is responsible for French-language education from kindergarten to Grade 12. Six\u00a0public secular schools are under the jurisdiction of Labrador, on the Port au Port Peninsula and in St. John\u2019s. French immersion programs are also offered in 72 of the province\u2019s schools. From kindergarten onwards, students can do all their learning in French and are encouraged to express themselves in French in everyday life.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Features In 2021, the community had 2,215\u00a0people with French as their mother tongue and around 26,000\u00a0people having knowledge of French. In 1984, the province\u2019s first French-language school opened in the village of La\u00a0Grand\u2019Terre. The official Newfoundland-Labrador Francophone flag was first hoisted in 1987. In 1996, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration des francophones de Terre-Neuve-et du Labrador (FFTNL) obtained […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1287,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1297","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1297","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1297"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1297\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33298,"href":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1297\/revisions\/33298"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1287"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rvf.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}