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Originally Posted by Hali87
There are still Acadian townships like Clare and Isle Madame but almost everyone from those places also speaks English and their dialect is considered hard to follow by other Franco-Canadians. Most of the true Francophones (in the sense of not speaking much English) in the area are French-speaking immigrants or students, or are from Quebec or New Brunswick.
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Yeah, there are four regions of Nova Scotia that have substantial Acadian populations to the point where a good deal of community life can take place in French:
Clare (Baie-Ste-Marie) between Digby and Yarmouth
The Argyle district on the other side of Yarmouth going south (Pubnico region)
Isle Madame off the northeast part of the Mainland
Chéticamp on the western side of Cape Breton
As you say there is a decent francophone population in the Halifax area (made up of Acadians from NS and elsewhere, some Québécois and also "international" francophones). But they don't really have an area of the metro where they truly congregate. It's kind of like Toronto in that way where there is also a decent-sized francophone population but no real francophone part of town.