La souche canadienne-française
par Victor Armony , professeur, Université du Québec à Montréal
La concentration surnames in Quebec is well known and is a real curiosity for many immigrants. This concentration is more pronounced than elsewhere and the result of long practice endogamy. Quebec offers a face of an incredible consistency, "said sociologist Victor Armony, author of the essay explained Quebec immigrants *. The newcomer learns that the mayor of the principal city of the province (Montreal) called Smith and writer best known in Quebec is also called Tremblay. A coincidence? Yet the phenomenon is recurring, according Armony.
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