page_title: French Canadian Americans
section_title: American cities founded by or named after French Canadians
hierarchical_section_title: French Canadian Americans / American cities founded by or named after French Canadians
caption_attribution_description: English: Distribution of French Americans according to the 2000 census Français&#160;: Répartition des Franco-Américains d'après le recensement de 2000
context_page_description: French Canadian Americans are Americans of French Canadian descent. About 2.1 million U.S. residents cited this ancestry in the 2010 U.S. Census; the majority of them speak French at home.
  Americans of French-Canadian descent are most heavily concentrated in New England and the Midwest. Their ancestors mostly arrived in the United States from Quebec between 1840 and 1930, though some families became established as early as the 17th and 18th centuries.
  The term Canadien may be used either in reference to nationality or ethnicity in regard to this population group. French-Canadian Americans, because of their proximity to Canada and Quebec, kept their language, culture, and religion alive much longer than any other ethnic group in the United States apart from Mexican Americans. Many "Little Canada" neighborhoods developed in New England cities, but gradually disappeared as their residents eventually assimilated into the American mainstream. A revival of the Canadian identity has taken place in the Midwestern states, where some families of French descent have lived for many generations. These states had been considered part of Canada until 1783.
context_section_description: Biloxi, founded by  Pierre LeMoyne d'Iberville
  Bourbonnais named after François Bourbonnais
  Davenport, Iowa founded by Antoine LeClaire
  Detroit, Michigan, named by French explorer Cadillac*
  Dubuque, named after Julien Dubuque
  Huron, founded by Jean-Baptiste Flemmond
  Juneau, named after Joe Juneau
  La Barge, Wyoming, named after Joseph Marie La Barge
  Laramie, Wyoming, named after Jacques La Remee
  Milwaukee, founded by Solomon Juneau
  Mobile, founded by Pierre LeMoyne d'Iberville
  New Orleans, founded by Lemoyne de Bienville
  Portage Des Sioux founded by Zenon Trudeau and François Saucier.
  Provo, Utah, named for Etienne Provost
  Saint Joseph, founded by Joseph Robidoux
  Saint Paul, first settled by Pierre Parrant
  Vincennes founded by François-Marie Bissot
caption: Distribution of Franco Americans according to the 2000 census