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{{Short description|French-speaking community of people}}
{{for|the colonial French America|New France}}
{{More citations needed|date=September 2014}}
{{Infobox continent
|title          = French America
|image          = French America (orthographic projection).svg
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|area           = {{convert|1730696|km2|abbr=on}}
|population     = 20,237,336
|density        = 
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|GDP_per_capita = 
|HDI            = 
|ethnic_groups  = 
|religions      = 
|demonym        = French American<br>Franco-American
|countries      = {{Collapsible list
 |titlestyle = background:transparent;text-align:left;font-weight:normal;
 |title = List
 |{{flag|Canada}}
 |{{flag|Dominica}}
 |{{flag|Grenada}}
 |{{flag|Haiti}}
 |{{flag|Saint Lucia}}
}}
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|dependencies   = {{Collapsible list
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 |title = List
 |{{flag|French Guiana|local}}
 |{{flag|Guadeloupe|local}}
 |{{flag|Martinique|local}}
 |{{flag|Saint Barthélemy|local}}
 |{{flagicon image|Local flag of the Collectivity of Saint Martin.svg}} [[Collectivity of Saint Martin|Saint Martin]]
 |{{flag|Saint Pierre and Miquelon|local}}
}}
|unrecognized   = <!-- states not recognized by United Nations -->
|languages      = [[French language|French]]
|time           = [[UTC−03:00]] {{flagicon|French Guiana|local}} to<br />[[UTC−08:00]] {{flagicon|Canada}}
|internet       = <!-- internet Top-level domain -->
|calling_code   = 
|cities         = 1. [[Montreal]] {{flagicon|Canada}}<br />2. [[Port-au-Prince]] {{flagicon|Haiti}}<br />3. [[Gatineau]] {{flagicon|Canada}}<br />4. [[Quebec City]] {{flagicon|Canada}}<br />5. [[Gonaïves]] {{flagicon|Haiti}}<br />6. [[Cap-Haïtien]] {{flagicon|Haiti}}<br />7. [[Sherbrooke]] {{flagicon|Canada}}<br />8. [[Lévis]] {{flagicon|Canada}}<br />9. [[Saguenay, Quebec|Saguenay]] {{flagicon|Canada}}<br />10. [[Cayenne]] {{flagicon|French Guiana|local}}
|m49            = <!-- UN M49 code -->
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}}
'''French America''' ({{Langx|fr|Amérique française}}), sometimes called '''Franco-America''', in contrast to [[Anglo-America]], is the [[French language|French-speaking]] community of [[person|people]] and their [[diaspora]], notably those tracing back origins to [[New France]], the early [[French colonization of the Americas]]. The Canadian province of [[Quebec]] is the centre of the community and is the point of origin of most of French America. It also includes communities in all provinces of [[Canada]] (especially in [[New Brunswick]], where francophones are roughly one third of the population),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/standard/themes/RetrieveProductTable.cfm?Temporal=2001&PID=62911&APATH=3&METH=1&PTYPE=55440&THEME=44&FOCUS=0&AID=0&PLACENAME=0&PROVINCE=0&SEARCH=0&GC=99&GK=NA&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&FL=0&RL=0&FREE=0&GID=431531 |title=Ethnic Origin (232), Sex (3) and Single and Multiple Responses (3) (2001 Census) |publisher=2.statcan.ca |access-date=2013-09-23 |archive-date=2017-01-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170101073454/http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/standard/themes/RetrieveProductTable.cfm?Temporal=2001&PID=62911&APATH=3&METH=1&PTYPE=55440&THEME=44&FOCUS=0&AID=0&PLACENAME=0&PROVINCE=0&SEARCH=0&GC=99&GK=NA&VID=0&VNAMEE=&VNAMEF=&FL=0&RL=0&FREE=0&GID=431531 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[Saint Pierre and Miquelon]], [[Collectivity of Saint Martin|Saint Martin]], [[Saint Barthélemy]], [[Martinique]], [[Guadeloupe]] (all are parts of France), [[Saint Lucia]] and [[Haiti]] in the Caribbean; [[French Guiana|French Guiana (overseas region of France)]] in South America. Also there are minorities of French speakers in part of the [[United States]] ([[New England]], [[Louisiana]], [[Mississippi]], [[Florida]], [[Texas]], [[California]], [[Illinois]] and [[New York (state)|New York]]), the [[Dominican Republic]], [[Dominica]], [[Grenada]] and [[Trinidad and Tobago]].

The [[Conseil supérieur de la langue française (Quebec)|Ordre des francophones d'Amérique]] is a decoration given in the name of the community to its members. It can also be described as the [[Francophonie]] of the Americas.

Because French is a [[Romance languages|Romance language]], French America is sometimes considered to be part of [[Latin America]], but this term more often refers to [[Hispanic America]] and [[Portuguese America]], or simply the Americas south of the United States.

== Countries, administrative divisions, and French possessions ==
This is a list of countries, [[administrative division]]s, and French possessions in the Americas having the French language as an official language or where a [[French-based creole languages|French-based creole language]] is commonly spoken. The data of each place are based in the 2012–2013 census.

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+
! Place
! Population
! Area (km<sup>2</sup>){{efn|Values listed in km².}}
! GDP (nominal)
! GDP (nominal) per capita
|-
| {{flag|Clipperton Island}} ([[France]])
| style="text-align: right" | 0
| style="text-align: right" | 6
| style="text-align: right" | –
| style="text-align: right" | –
|-
| {{flag|Dominica}}
| style="text-align: right" | 72,660<ref name="Dominicapop" group="note">The number of French speakers is unknown.</ref>
| style="text-align: right" | 750
| style="text-align: right" | $485 million<ref name=imfDo2>{{cite web |url=http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2013/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=54&pr.y=7&sy=2009&ey=2012&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=321&s=NGDPD%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC%2CLP&grp=0&a= |title=Dominica |publisher=International Monetary Fund |access-date=2013-04-18}}</ref>
| style="text-align: right" | $7,860<ref name=imfDo2/>
|-
| {{flag|French Guiana|local}} ([[French Fifth Republic|France]])
| style="text-align: right" | 244,118<ref name=pop2013>[https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/fichier/2387611/ensemble.pdf Populations légales 2013: Téléchargement du fichier d'ensemble], [[Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques|INSEE]]</ref>
| style="text-align: right" | 83,534
| style="text-align: right" | 
| style="text-align: right" | €15,416<ref name=GDP>{{cite web|url=http://www.insee.fr/fr/themes/detail.asp?reg_id=99&ref_id=pib-va-reg-base-2005 |title=Produits intérieurs bruts régionaux et valeurs ajoutées régionales de 1990 à 2012|author=INSEE|author-link=Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques|access-date=2014-03-04}}</ref>
|-
| {{flag|Guadeloupe|local2}} ([[French Fifth Republic|France]])
| style="text-align: right" | 402,119<ref name=pop2013/><ref name="sans" group="note">Figure without the territories of [[Collectivity of Saint Martin|Saint Martin]] and [[Saint Barthélemy]] detached from Guadeloupe on 22 February 2007.</ref>
| style="text-align: right" | 1,628
| style="text-align: right" | 
| style="text-align: right" | €19,810 <ref name="GDP"/>
|-
| {{flag|Haiti}}
| style="text-align: right" | 9,996,731<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/haiti/ |title=The World Factbook |publisher= [[Central Intelligence Agency]] |access-date= 22 May 2014}}</ref>
| style="text-align: right" | 27,750
| style="text-align: right" | $12.942 billion<ref name=imfHa2>{{cite web |url=http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2013/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=58&pr.y=15&sy=2009&ey=2012&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=263&s=NGDPD%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC%2CLP&grp=0&a= |title=Haiti |publisher=International Monetary Fund |access-date=18 April 2013}}</ref>
| style="text-align: right" | $758<ref name=imfHa2/>
|-
| {{flag|Martinique|local}} ([[French Fifth Republic|France]])
| style="text-align: right" | 385,551<ref name=pop2013/>
| style="text-align: right" | 1,128 
| style="text-align: right" | 
| style="text-align: right" | €21,527<ref name=GDP/>
|-
| {{flag|New Brunswick}} ([[Canada]])
| style="text-align: right" | 747,101<ref name="NewBrunswickpop" group="note">Only 1/3 of the population are francophone.</ref>
| style="text-align: right" | 72,907
| style="text-align: right" | $31.974 billion<ref>{{Cite web|title=GDP (current US$) - Haiti {{!}} Data|url=https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.MKTP.CD?locations=HT|access-date=2021-08-28|website=data.worldbank.org}}</ref>
| style="text-align: right" | $47,443<ref name="imfCa2" />
|-
| {{flag|Quebec}} ([[Canada]])
| style="text-align: right" | 8,164,361
| style="text-align: right" | 1,542,056 
| style="text-align: right" | $394.819 billion<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.stat.gouv.qc.ca/statistiques/economie/comparaisons-economiques/internationales/index.html|title=Institut de la statistique Québec}}</ref>
| style="text-align: right" | $47,443<ref name="imfCa2">{{cite web|url=http://www.stat.gouv.qc.ca/statistiques/economie/comparaisons-economiques/internationales/index.html|title=Institut de la statistique Québec|publisher=International Monetary Fund}}</ref>
|-
| {{flag|Saint Barthélemy|local}} ([[France]])
| style="text-align: right" | 9,279<ref name=pop2013/>
| style="text-align: right" | 25<ref name=area>{{cite web|url=http://www.insee.fr/fr/themes/document.asp?reg_id=26&ref_id=15245 |title=Actualités : 2008, An 1 de la collectivité de Saint-Barthélemy|author=INSEE|author-link=Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques|access-date=2014-01-31|language=fr}}</ref>
| style="text-align: right" | 
| style="text-align: right" | 
|-
| {{flag|Saint Lucia}}
| style="text-align: right" | 173,765
| style="text-align: right" | 617
| style="text-align: right" | $1.239 billion<ref name=imfSaL2>{{cite web |title=Saint Lucia |url=http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2012/01/weodata/weorept.aspx?pr.x=52&pr.y=15&sy=2009&ey=2012&scsm=1&ssd=1&sort=country&ds=.&br=1&c=362&s=NGDPD%2CNGDPDPC%2CPPPGDP%2CPPPPC%2CLP&grp=0&a= |publisher=International Monetary Fund |access-date=21 April 2012}}</ref>
| style="text-align: right" | $7,769<ref name=imfSaL2/>
|-
| {{flagicon image|Local flag of the Collectivity of Saint Martin.svg}} [[Collectivity of Saint Martin|Saint Martin]] ([[France]])
| style="text-align: right" | 35,594<ref name=pop2013/>
| style="text-align: right" | 53.2 
| style="text-align: right" | $599 million<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Lorette |first=G. |date=March 2007 |title=Saint Barthélemy l'écorché |url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0151-9638(07)91521-5 |journal=Annales de Dermatologie et de Vénéréologie |volume=134 |issue=3 |pages=305–307 |doi=10.1016/s0151-9638(07)91521-5 |pmid=17389865 |issn=0151-9638|url-access=subscription }}</ref>
| style="text-align: right" | $21,921<ref>{{Cite web |title=St. Martin (French part) GDP Per Capita 2011-2023 |url=https://www.macrotrends.net/countries/MAF/st-martin-french-part/gdp-per-capita |access-date=2023-03-19 |website=www.macrotrends.net}}</ref>
|-
| {{flag|Saint Pierre and Miquelon|local}} ([[France]])
| style="text-align: right" | 6,057<ref name=pop2013/>
| style="text-align: right" | 242 
| style="text-align: right" | $215 million<ref>{{Cite web |title=Is Saint Pierre and Miquelon a poor country? {{!}} - CountryReports |url=https://www.countryreports.org/country/SaintPierreandMiquelon/economy.htm |access-date=2023-03-19 |website=www.countryreports.org}}</ref>
| style="text-align: right" | €26,073<ref name="pib-v">{{cite web |url=http://www.iedom.fr/IMG/pdf/cerom4_spm.pdf |title=Evaluation du PIB 2004 de Saint-Pierre-et-Miquelon – janvier 2007 |page=24 |access-date=8 February 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6EIX6F6dk?url=http://www.iedom.fr/IMG/pdf/cerom4_spm.pdf |archive-date=9 February 2013 }}</ref>
|-
! style="text-align: left" | Total
! style="text-align: right" | 20,237,336<ref name="totalpop" group="note">Total population of the territories. Actual number of [[Francophonie|Francophones]] is lower.</ref>
! style="text-align: right" | 1,730,696
! style="text-align: right" |
! style="text-align: right" |
|}

==Members and corresponding diasporas==
*[[Acadia]]—([[Acadian]]s)
*[[Cajuns]]

==See also==
[[Image:French flags of America.jpg|thumb|250px|right|French flags of the Americas]]

{{div col|colwidth=25em}}
*[[American French]]
*[[Acadia]]
*[[France–United States relations|Franco-American relations]]
*[[Francophone]]
*[[Francophonie]]
*[[Franco-Ontarian]]
*[[French Canadians]]
*[[French Americans]]
*[[French Creoles|French Creole]]
*[[French Antillean Creole]]
*[[French colonization of the Americas]]
*[[French language in the United States]]
*[[French Louisiana]]
*[[French West Indies]]
*[[Haiti]]
*[[French-based creole languages]]
*[[History of Quebec]]
*[[New England French]]
*[[Missouri French]]
*[[Colonial French]]
*[[New France]]
*[[Quebec]]
*[[Saint Pierre and Miquelon]]
*[[Cajun]]
*[[Louisiana]]
*[[Louisiana Creole]]
*[[French language in Canada]]
*[[Newfoundland French]]
*[[French colonial empire]]
*[[Martinique]]
{{div col end}}

==Notes==
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==References==
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