Question: what province in canada has tried to gain independence due to cultural differences
Answer: Justifications for Quebec 's sovereignty are historically ethno - nationalistic in character , claiming the unique culture and French - speaking majority ( 78 % of the provincial population ) are threatened with assimilation by either the rest of Canada or , as in Metropolitan France , by Anglophone culture more generally , and that the best way to preserve language , identity and culture is via the creation of an independent political entity .