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Franco-Ontarians (French: Franco-Ontariens or Franco-Ontariennes if female) are French Canadian or francophone residents of the Canadian province of Ontario. They are sometimes known as Ontarois.According to the 2006 Canadian census there were 488815 self-declared francophones in Ontario (declaring one mother tongue) comprising 4.1 per cent of the province’s total population. A further 1000000 Ontarians self-declared French to be one of multiple mother tongues.
