Cartier's Culture: The Similarities Between France And Canada

Back in around 1534, Jacques Cartier claimed the region of Canada for his country. Although we know this area as Canada today, back then, Cartier called it New France (History). The country of France colonized this area and their culture in a sense rubbed off creating almost a second France. Over the hundreds of years, some things have changed and Canada no longer completely mimics France. It has set itself apart, but has managed to maintain some of its colonizer’s great culture. Both France and Canada have both similarities as well as differences today when referencing language, cuisine, politics, and economy. Both countries have a primary language they choose to use. They do each have their own forms of dialect and they vary in some ways. The French language originates in, of course, France and therefore it is the primary language of the country (Corbeil, 2014). When colonizing Canada, the French language rubbed off. To this day, the country of Canada still uses French, but over the years has added their own uniqueness to it almost as if a new language was created entirely (Canada). Even though both countries have French as a primary language, Canada has strayed from traditional French despite the fact that in France, the language …show more content…
In Europe, many countries use the Euro and one of those countries is France. The current exchange rate defines the value of a Euro in terms of the US dollar. One Euro is equivalent to about 1.14 US dollars (Canada). Being that Canada is so far from the European countries, it has its own form of currency that it shares with no other country. Canada’s currency is the Canadian dollar and it is equivalent to about .77 US dollars (Canada). One country chooses to share its currency while the other made its own. This sets the countries apart as well as the idea that their money value is fairly different from each