Scottish-Quebecer
 
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| Total population | |
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(Scots-Quebecers 30,255 Single Responses 0.4% of Quebec's Population) |
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| Regions with significant populations | |
| Montreal, Quebec City, Eastern Townships | |
| Languages | |
| Quebec English, Quebec French, Scottish Gaelic, Lowland Scots | |
| Religion | |
| Protestant (Anglican, Baptist, Presbyterian, United Church of Canada), Roman Catholic | |
| Related ethnic groups | |
| Scottish, Scottish Canadians, Ulster Scots, English-speaking Quebecer |
(Scots-Quebecers
202,515 Total Responses
2.7% of Quebec's Population
The Scot-Quebecers (French language: Écossais-Québécois), are Quebecers who are of Scottish descent.
Few Scots came to Quebec (then New France) before the Seven Years' War. Those who did blended in with the French population. Perhaps the first Scot to settle was Abraham Martin dit l'Écossais (1589-1664), who by the year 1800 had 7,765 married descendants among the French-speaking population.
In 1763, the French population of Quebec was approximately 55,000 when France handed it over to Great Britain under the terms of the Treaty of Paris (1763) that ended the French and Indian War.
By the beginning of the 19th century, the Quebec population was expanding slowly as immigration began from Great Britain. Impoverished Scottish immigrants, many the victim of the Highland and Lowland Clearances, saw unlimited opportunity in this huge forested land. The bond between Scotland and France, however, also extended to numerous other areas such as the Gens d’Armes Ecossais (Scots Men-At-Arms) who guarded the kings of France for nearly three hundred years. Today in France there are many descendants of these Scots who have lived there for centuries. They carry names such as Campbell and MacDonald, the most famous of the latter being Jacques MacDonald, Marshal of France.
Some of these Scottish immigrants settled in Quebec City but many with an entrepreneurial drive kept moving west to Montreal which at the time was little more than a small port town on the St. Lawrence River. By far the majority of the Scots arrived in Quebec with little more than the shirt on their back. John Redpath, who had only enough money for ships passage to Quebec City, walked all the way to Montreal.
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