The French presence in Saskatchewan . : SF31-134/8-2016E-PDF

"Fort à La Corne was built on the Saskatchewan River from 1752 to 1755, marking the western most French fortification. Members of the Roman Catholic Church arrived in the 1800s and established a mission at Île-à-la-Crosse, a trading post where a large population of French-speaking Métis gathered. In 1877, the Parliament of Canada amended the North-West Territories Act to insert guarantees of parliamentary, legislative and judicial bilingualism. At the time, the Northwest Territories included the future provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta, among others. In 1891–1892, some members of the Territorial Assembly made an unsuccessful attempt to abolish parliamentary, legislative and judicial bilingualism. However, teaching in French was outlawed. In 1905, the Parliament of Canada passed twin laws creating the provinces of Alberta and Saskatchewan. The bilingualism guarantees granted in 1877 technically remained in force, but were not applied. In 1912, the Association franco-canadienne de la Saskatchewan was founded. This organization, which is now known as the Assemblée communautaire fransaskoise, represents Saskatchewan’s French-speaking community. In the 1920s, Francophones from elsewhere in Canada and from Europe settled in the province of Saskatchewan. At the same time, many non-Francophone settlers arrived to work on the railway. The Education Act was amended in 1968 to allow French-language education. Fransaskois parents were given control of their own schools in 1993. The provincial government declared 2012 as the Year of the Fransaskois"--History, p. [1].

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