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Originally Posted by Acajack
At this point the two terms still seem to coexist. Even if they're not perfectly conflated.
To a lot of francophones in Quebec who have no roots in New France (eg the origins of "French Canadians") the moniker "French Canadian" doesn't fit. But "Québécois" does.
That said, it's not out of the question that you might meet people of other origins who would describe themselves as being French Canadian as a cultural identifier. I have a few friends who are like this. They grew up in Quebec to immigrant parents. They're perfectly integrated and speak with a Quebec accent. They have no issue with being considered either French Canadian or Québécois.
Part of my family also has a semi-exotic, non French surname, and these people by and large would consider themselves "French Canadian" if you asked them the question.
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What do the Anglo-Montrealers or Anglo-Quebeckers (or the ones that remain at least) think of the "Québécois" label for themselves?