{"id":2201,"date":"2026-03-27T15:09:19","date_gmt":"2026-03-27T19:09:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/londonfr.ca\/?p=2201"},"modified":"2026-04-08T12:17:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-08T16:17:58","slug":"londons-french-speaking-community-celebrates-200-years-of-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/londonfr.ca\/en\/blogue\/engagement-et-participation-civique\/la-communaute-francophone-de-london-celebre-200-ans-dhistoire\/","title":{"rendered":"London's Francophone community celebrates 200 years of the city's history"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"2201\" class=\"elementor elementor-2201\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69176b08 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"69176b08\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1efc3a0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1efc3a0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/londonfr.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bicentennaire-200-1024x683.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2206\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/londonfr.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bicentennaire-200-1024x683.png 1024w, https:\/\/londonfr.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bicentennaire-200-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/londonfr.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bicentennaire-200-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/londonfr.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bicentennaire-200-18x12.png 18w, https:\/\/londonfr.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bicentennaire-200-600x400.png 600w, https:\/\/londonfr.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Bicentennaire-200.png 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1dcffee elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1dcffee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 2026, the City of London celebrates 200 years of history. The French-speaking community also wishes to mark this occasion by highlighting its presence, its contribution and its role in the vitality of the city - past, present and future.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p>This page aims to bring together Francophone initiatives related to the Bicentenary, mobilize the community and provide a space for participation and visibility.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-28b63d9 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"28b63d9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-913d0b7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"913d0b7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"194\" src=\"https:\/\/londonfr.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/200LondonBicentennial_Primary-scaled-e1774628710690-300x194.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-2207\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/londonfr.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/200LondonBicentennial_Primary-scaled-e1774628710690-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/londonfr.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/200LondonBicentennial_Primary-scaled-e1774628710690-1024x663.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/londonfr.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/200LondonBicentennial_Primary-scaled-e1774628710690-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/londonfr.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/200LondonBicentennial_Primary-scaled-e1774628710690-1536x995.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/londonfr.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/200LondonBicentennial_Primary-scaled-e1774628710690-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/londonfr.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/200LondonBicentennial_Primary-scaled-e1774628710690-600x389.jpg 600w, https:\/\/londonfr.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/200LondonBicentennial_Primary-scaled-e1774628710690.jpg 1930w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7258ea7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7258ea7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>To discover all the official Bicentennial initiatives, visit the City of London's main page: <a href=\"https:\/\/getinvolved.london.ca\/london200\">London200<\/a> (<em>The page is in English with automatic translation option available)<\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f501bd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f501bd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>There are many ways to get involved in the Bicentennial celebrations!\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e0d76db elementor-cta--layout-image-above elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"e0d76db\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg elementor-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/londonfr.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Forest-City-Facts-Francophone-700x-200.png);\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Forest City Facts - Francophone 700x 200\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<b>Contribute to the London 200 facts project<\/b>\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span lang=\"FR-CA\">Share facts, stories or memorable moments related to the French-speaking community in London to contribute to the initiative. <i>Forest City Facts<\/i>. Contact us to find out more or to submit an idea! <\/span><span style=\"font-family: gotham, sans-serif;letter-spacing: 0px\"><\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52bb407 elementor-cta--layout-image-above elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"52bb407\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg elementor-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/londonfr.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Evenement-avec-logo-Bicentennaire.png);\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"Evenement avec logo Bicentennaire\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<b>Link your event to the Bicentenary<\/b>\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: left\">\nOrganizing an event in 2026? You can link it to the Bicentennial celebrations.\n<\/p>\n\n<ul style=\"text-align: left;padding-left: 20px;margin-top: 0\">\n  <li>Use the official visual identity (Download the logo kit below)<\/li>\n  <li>Add the Bicentenary to your communications<\/li>\n  <li>Submit your event for broadcast on the official platform<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-41c3563 elementor-button-success elementor-align-center elementor-widget elementor-widget-button\" data-id=\"41c3563\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"button.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-button-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-button elementor-button-link elementor-size-sm\" href=\"https:\/\/londonfr.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Logo-Bicentennaire.zip\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-content-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-button-text\">Bicentennial logo kit<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c37844 elementor-cta--layout-image-above elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"3c37844\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg elementor-bg\" style=\"background-image: url(https:\/\/londonfr.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/LondonFR200.png);\" role=\"img\" aria-label=\"#LondonFR200\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__bg-overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<b>Use a common keyword <\/b>\t\t\t\t\t<\/h2>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e782bf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5e782bf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2>Thanks to community members<\/h2>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-21bf668 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"21bf668\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>We would like to express our sincere gratitude to all the people and partners who helped shape the Francophone Bicentennial celebrations.\u00a0<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5869aa2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5869aa2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<!-- wp:paragraph --><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:heading -->\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Historical landmarks<\/h2>\n<!-- \/wp:heading --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>Aboriginal presence and the founding of London<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Archaeological records show that the London area has been inhabited by aboriginal peoples for over 10,000 years. European settlement began in 1793, when Lieutenant-Governor John Graves Simcoe chose the Forks of the Thames as the location for the province's capital. The London Township Treaty was signed in 1796 between the Chippewas of the Thames First Nation and the British Crown for a 12-mile square parcel of land north of the Thames River.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>On January 30, 1826, what we know today as London became a legal entity when Royal Assent was given to a provincial bill designating the Forks of the Thames as the new administrative and judicial center of the London district.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li><strong>Historical fact<\/strong> this land is located in the traditional territory of the<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Anishinaabek peoples (Ah-nish-in-a-bek),<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Haudenosaunee (Ho-den-no- show-nee),<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>L\u016bnaap\u00e9ewak (Lenahpaywuk) and<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>Attawandaron (Add-a-won-da-run)<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list --><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list --><!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>We recognize <strong>all treaties<\/strong> that are specific to this location:<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>the Haudenosaunee Confederation two-row Wampum belt treaty \/ Silver wedding band chain;<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>the Haudenosaunee beaver hunting grounds of the NANFAN treaty of 1701;<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>the McKee Treaty of 1790;<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>The London township of 1796,<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>The Huron treaty of 1827 with the Anishinaabeg, and<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>the Dish with One Spoon Covenant Wampum from Anishinaabek and Haudenosaunnee.<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list --><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list --><!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>The <strong>three neighboring aboriginal nations<\/strong> of London and the county of Middlesex are :<!-- wp:list -->\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>the Chippewas of the Thames First Nations,<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>the Oneida Nation of the Thames; and<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><!-- wp:list-item -->\n<li>the Munsee-Delaware nation<\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list --><\/li>\n<!-- \/wp:list-item --><\/ul>\n<!-- \/wp:list --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>French presence in London<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>London's Francophone presence is part of a history marked by various waves of settlement - notably Franco-Ontarians, Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois and, more recently, Francophones from international immigration.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Over the decades, the community has been structured around institutions, schools and organizations that have contributed to its vitality and recognition.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p><strong>An evolving community<\/strong><\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph --><!-- wp:paragraph -->\n<p>Today, London's French-speaking community is diverse and growing. It plays an important role in the city's cultural, social and economic development.<\/p>\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b7310e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7b7310e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32ddf0d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"32ddf0d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p data-start=\"257\" data-end=\"341\">\u00a0<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"136\" data-end=\"255\">This page is updated regularly. Stay tuned so you don't miss a thing!<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>En 2026, la Ville de London c\u00e9l\u00e8bre 200 ans d\u2019histoire. La communaut\u00e9 francophone souhaite \u00e9galement souligner cette occasion en mettant en valeur sa pr\u00e9sence, sa contribution et son r\u00f4le dans la vitalit\u00e9 de la ville \u2014 hier, aujourd\u2019hui et pour l\u2019avenir. 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