While Canada has two official languages, English and French, in the province of Quebec, French has priority! With its 7 million French speakers, written Quebec French is syntactically identical to Metropolitan French, differing only marginally in terms of vocabulary.
To help you avoid any missteps, frantastique (by gymglish) has compiled and illustrated a list of 6 words used in both Quebec and France that refer to the same thing.
Voiture vs. Char
Cacahuète vs. Pinotte
Boîte aux lettres vs. boîte à malle
Haricot vs. bine
Mettre de l’essence vs. gazer
Culotte vs. bobette
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