Do you get Islamic people living in Quebec, the French part of Canada?

Question

Is the minority in the cities or in the rural parts too??; my wife wants to move to rural Quebec from Corsica, and we would like to know as much as possible

Answer 1

Yea, but there are a minority.

Answer 2

Hi, I live just outside Montreal.

Sorry I don't know much about the Islamic people living in Quebec because I don't know any. I'm sure they live in the most urban parts like the Montreal.

What I can tell you from my experience is that Montrealers are more tolerant than anywhere else in the province. I live 30 minutes away from the big city and I feel awkward just talking to people in english cause I sometimes get these strange looks. I have the feeling they are not open to other cultures than their own french one.

Reasonable accommodations has been a hot topic a year ago. Especially coming from a rural town called Herouxville.

Here is part of something I found on a web site about this:

Herouxville wants to make sure it gets the right kind of immigrant. Some residents have been alarmed at religious accommodations that have been made in other parts of Quebec, mainly on the issue of sexual modesty. A gym in Montreal was asked to cover its windows so women in skimpy clothes wouldn't be visible to a synagogue across the street. In other places, there were requests for separate gender swim times at public pools.

Hope this helps. If you need to know more just Google: Reasonable accommodations

Answer 3

Okay, please ignore the racist comments.

They are Islamic people living in Quebec but the VAST majority of them live in the Greater Montreal Area and some of them in Quebec City.

Unfortunately, you will not encounter much tolerance/acceptance in the rural parts of the province (but that will be case ANYWHERE you go in North America), I would not advise going there if your wife wears the hijab in public (or worse completely covers herself wearing the burqa), for example; you will get stared at.

Overall, Quebecers are extremely tolerant but I wouldn't advise the countryside at all, sorry.

Answer 4

maybe since they had so much luck in France they decided another French speaking area would be great to take over.

Answer 5

There is Islamic people ALL over Quebec , even french speaking Islamics