Quebec Minister of Higher Education and Minister Responsible for the Status of Women Martine Biron responds to reporters questions before entering a pre-session caucus meeting in Riviere-du-Loup, Que., Friday, May 1, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
Quebec strikes French-language deal with English universities
Jun 16, 2026 | 8:02 AM
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MONTREAL — The Quebec government says it has reached a deal with the province’s English-language universities to increase the percentage of out-of-province students who are capable of having basic conversations in French by the time they complete undergraduate degrees
The province says it will provide about $20 million per year to the universities over the next eight years as part of the deal.
Quebec expects about 60 per cent of out-of-province students in undergraduate programs at McGill, Concordia and Bishop’s to have basic French-speaking skills by graduation.
Officials from the universities say they are far from this target at the moment, but are confident they can achieve it.
