This map shows municipal bodies in Québec that are recognized by the Office québécois de la langue française under the Charte de la langue française. In practical terms, these are communities — including some municipalities, boroughs, villages, townships, and regional county municipalities — with a recognized linguistic status linked to the historic presence of English-speaking residents.

The source data is from the Office québécois de la langue française’s list of officially recognized bilingual communities. We created this map to make it easier to visualize the geographic distribution of these communities.

This is not a complete map of every functionally bilingual community in Québec. Many places have significant bilingual populations, English-speaking residents, or active English-language cultural life but do not appear on this list.

Still, the map is useful as a visual starting point. It shows where anglophone heritage communities are formally recognized, and where English-language or bilingual cultural infrastructure may have deeper roots. For anyone looking at touring, presenting, audience development, or regional cultural networks in Québec, it offers one way to see patterns that are easy to miss in a spreadsheet.

What stands out most is how widely these communities are distributed. Montréal is an important part of Québec’s English-speaking story, but it is far from the whole story. Officially recognized bilingual and anglophone heritage communities can be found in the Outaouais, the Eastern Townships, the Gaspé, the Lower North Shore, the Laurentians, Montérégie, Bas-Saint-Laurent, and beyond.

Some of these places are well known as historic English-speaking communities. Others are much less visible, especially to people working from a Montréal-centred view of Québec’s cultural landscape. Seeing them on a map is a reminder that English-language and bilingual cultural life in Québec is regional, local, and deeply varied.

These communities are not exceptions to Québec’s culture. They are part of it. Their histories, institutions, venues, volunteers, artists, and audiences all contribute to the cultural fabric of the province. For anyone thinking about touring, presenting, audience development, or cultural infrastructure, that is worth paying attention to.