List of francophone communities in Ontario

This is a list of francophone communities in Ontario. Municipalities with a high percentage of French-speakers in the Canadian province of Ontario are listed.

The provincial average of Ontarians whose mother tongue is French is 3.3%, with a total of 463,120 people in Ontario who identify French as their mother tongue in 2021. The majority of Franco-Ontarians in Ontario live in eastern and northeastern Ontario. While most communities in these areas have sizeable French minorities, several municipalities have francophone majorities.

Most such places are designated as French language service areas under the provincial French Language Services Act, meaning that Government of Ontario services must be available in French.

MunicipalityTypeCounty, district, or regional municipalityTotal pop.%Francophone # of Francophones
Alfred and PlantagenetTownshipPrescott and Russell9,94971% 7064
ArmstrongTownshipTimiskaming1,19952% 623
BeckwithTownshipLanark9,0215% 451
Black River-MathesonTownshipCochrane2,57223% 592
Blind RiverTownAlgoma3,42214% 479
BonfieldTownshipNipissing2,14620% 429
CallanderMunicipalityParry Sound3,9649% 357
Carleton PlaceTownLanark12,5175% 626
CasselmanVillagePrescott and Russell3,96071% 2812
Central ManitoulinMunicipalityManitoulin2,2354% 89
ChamplainTownshipPrescott and Russell8,66559% 5112
Clarence-RocklandCityPrescott and Russell26,50557% 15108
ChapleauTownshipSudbury1,94233% 641
ChisholmTownshipNipissing1,31210% 131
CochraneTownCochrane5,39033% 1779
CornwallCityStormont, Dundas and Glengarry47,84519% 9091
Deep RiverTownRenfrew4,1755% 209
East FerrisMunicipalityNipissing4,94619% 940
East HawkesburyTownshipPrescott and Russell3,41858% 1982
Elliot LakeCityAlgoma11,37212% 1365
EnglehartTownTimiskaming1,4427% 101
EspanolaTownSudbury5,18512% 622
French RiverMunicipalitySudbury2,82839% 1103
Greater SudburyCitySingle-tier municipality166,00423% 38181
GreenstoneMunicipalityThunder Bay4,30921% 905
HawkesburyTownPrescott and Russell10,19472% 7340
HearstTownCochrane4,79484% 4027
Francophone majority Summation 107,031 63% 67,238
Huron ShoresMunicipalityAlgoma1,8605% 93
IgnaceTownshipKenora1,2067% 84
Iroquois FallsTownCochrane4,41833% 1458
KapuskasingTownCochrane8,05763% 5076
Kirkland LakeTownTimiskaming7,75012% 930
LakeshoreTownEssex40,4105% 2021
Laurentian HillsTownRenfrew2,8856% 173
Laurentian ValleyTownshipRenfrew9,4505% 473
ManitouwadgeTownshipThunder Bay1,97412% 237
MarathonTownThunder Bay3,1389% 282
Markstay-WarrenMunicipalitySudbury2,70830% 812
MattawaTownNipissing1,88125% 470
Merrickville–WolfordVillageLeeds and Grenville3,1356% 188
MoonbeamTownshipCochrane1,15771% 821
NipissingIndian reserveNipissing1,64014% 230
North BayCityNipissing52,66211% 5793
North DundasTownshipStormont, Dundas and Glengarry11,3048% 904
North GlengarryTownshipStormont, Dundas and Glengarry10,14435% 3550
North GrenvilleMunicipalityLeeds and Grenville17,9646% 1078
North StormontTownshipStormont, Dundas and Glengarry7,40026% 1924
Northeastern Manitoulin and the IslandsTownManitoulin2,6415% 132
OttawaCitySingle-tier municipality1,017,44913% 132268
PembrokeCityRenfrew14,3646% 862
PenetanguisheneTownSimcoe10,0778% 806
PetawawaTownRenfrew18,16010% 1816
RussellTownshipPrescott and Russell19,59838% 7447
Sables-Spanish RiversTownshipSudbury3,2379% 291
St. CharlesMunicipalitySudbury1,35741% 556
Smooth Rock FallsTownCochrane1,20058% 696
South GlengarryTownshipStormont, Dundas and Glengarry13,33025% 3333
South StormontTownshipStormont, Dundas and Glengarry13,57014% 1900
Temiskaming ShoresCityTimiskaming9,63428% 2698
Terrace BayTownshipThunder Bay1,5284% 61
The NationMunicipalityPrescott and Russell13,35063% 8411
TimminsCityCochrane41,14533% 13578
TinyTownshipSimcoe12,9667% 908
WawaMunicipalityAlgoma2,70517% 460
WellandCityNiagara55,7507% 3903
West NipissingMunicipalityNipissing14,58356% 8166

A number of small municipalities also have high francophone populations. These include the francophone-majority municipalities of Dubreuilville (79%), Fauquier-Strickland (68%), Mattice-Val Côté (82%), Opasatika (63%), and Val Rita-Harty (71%).

Small francophone-minority municipalities include Baldwin (11%), Billings (10%), Brethour (10%), Calvin (10%), Casey (42%), Chamberlain (6%), Chapleau Cree Fox Lake (8%), Charlton and Dack (5%), Cobalt (13%), Coleman (25%), Dokis (10%), Dorion (5%), Evanturel (9%), Gauthier (17%), Harley (28%), Harris (30%), Head, Clara and Maria (6%), Hornepayne (10%), Hilliard (21%), Hudson (18%), James (19%), Jocelyn (7%), Kerns (11%), Larder Lake (19%), Latchford (11%), Matachewan (17%), Matachewan (15%), Mattagami (5%), Mattawan (26%), McGarry (38%), Nairn and Hyman (9%), Temagami (13%), The North Shore (15%), Papineau-Cameron (22%), Spanish (18%), Thornloe (28%), and White River (13%).