<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Total population </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> 5,077,215 in Canada (self - identified by ancestry, 2011 Census) c. 10,000,000 (French - speaking Canadians) c. 2,100,842 in United States </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Regions with significant populations </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Canada, especially Quebec, New Brunswick, and Northern or Eastern Ontario, significant minority found in the United States (French Canadian Americans), mostly found in Louisiana, New England, New York and Michigan </Td> </Tr>

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