Deafness in Francophone Canada

There are about 357,000 deaf and 3,210,000 hard-of-hearing people in Canada.^[1] The country can be split into Francophone and Anglophone regions, and has both French and English as official languages. The majority of Canada is considered Anglophone, while the province of Quebec along with small parts of New Brunswick, Ontario, and Manitoba are primarily French-speaking.^[2] The presence of these two main languages and cultures also brings forth different deaf cultures between the two regions. In Francophone regions, the official language used by deaf and hard-of-hearing people is Quebec Sign Language (Langue des signes québécoise; LSQ).