fr-CA

Canadian French · français canadien

fr-CA is the locale for Canadian French (français canadien). Numbers are written 1 234 567,891, short dates look like 2026-03-27, times like 15 h 04, and CAD amounts like 1 234 567,89 $. Text runs left to right.

Number1 234 567,891decimal “,” group “ ”

Short date2026-03-27y-MM-dd

Short time15 h 04HH 'h' mm

Currency (CAD)1 234 567,89 $

DirectionLTRLatin

Plural forms3one, many, other

Overview

Name: Canadian French
Native name: français canadien
Language: French fr
Script: Latin Latn (implied)
Region: 🇨🇦 Canada CA
Maximized tag: fr-Latn-FR
Direction: Left to right
Fallback chain: fr-CA
fr
root
Data source: Own CLDR data

Formatting examples

Amounts in CAD, using the sample value 1234567.891 and March 27, 2026 at 3:04 PM UTC.

Number: 1 234 567,891
Percent: 45,7 %
Currency (CAD): 1 234 567,89 $
Accounting: (1 234 567,89 $)
Currency, name: 1 234 567,89 dollars canadiens
Compact short: 1,2 M
Compact long: 1,2 million
Scientific: 1,235E6
Speed: 88 kilomètres par heure
Temperature: 21,5 °C
Date, full: vendredi 27 mars 2026
Date, long: 27 mars 2026
Date, medium: 27 mars 2026
Date, short: 2026-03-27
Time, medium: 15 h 04 min 05 s
Time, short: 15 h 04
Date and time: 27 mars 2026, 15 h 04
Month and year: mars 2026
Weekday: vendredi
Relative time: hier · dans 3 jours · il y a 2 heures
List: and: A, B et C
List: or: A, B ou C

Numbers

Numbering system: latn 0123456789
Minimum grouping digits: 1
Decimal pattern: #,##0.###
Percent pattern: #,##0 %
Currency pattern: #,##0.00 ¤
Accounting pattern: #,##0.00 ¤;(#,##0.00 ¤)

Symbols

Decimal,

Grouping

List separator;

Percent%

Per mille‰

Plus+

Minus-

ExponentE

Infinity∞

NaNNaN

Time separator:

Date and time patterns

Date, full: EEEE d MMMM y
Date, long: d MMMM y
Date, medium: d MMM y
Date, short: y-MM-dd
Time, full: HH 'h' mm 'min' ss 's' zzzz
Time, long: HH 'h' mm 'min' ss 's' z
Time, medium: HH 'h' mm 'min' ss 's'
Time, short: HH 'h' mm
Date and time: {1}, {0}
Skeleton yMd: y-MM-dd
Skeleton yMMMd: d MMM y
Skeleton yMMMEd: E d MMM y
Skeleton yM: y-MM
Skeleton yMMM: MMM y
Skeleton MMMd: d MMM
Skeleton Md: MM-dd
Skeleton Hm: HH 'h' mm
Skeleton Hms: HH 'h' mm 'min' ss 's'
Skeleton hm: h 'h' mm a
Skeleton hms: h 'h' mm 'min' ss 's' a
Skeleton yQQQ: QQQ y
AM / PM: a.m. / p.m.
Eras: av. J.-C. / ap. J.-C.

Month and weekday names

Months

janvier janv.
février févr.
mars mars
avril avr.
mai mai
juin juin
juillet juill.
août août
septembre sept.
octobre oct.
novembre nov.
décembre déc.

Weekdays

dimanche dim. · D
lundi lun. · L
mardi mar. · M
mercredi mer. · M
jeudi jeu. · J
vendredi ven. · V
samedi sam. · S

Plural rules

Cardinal

Category	Rule	Examples
one	`i = 0,1`	0, 1, 0.5, 1.5
many	`e = 0 and i != 0 and i % 1000000 = 0 and v = 0 or e != 0..5`	1,000,000
other	`(everything else)`	2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, …

Ordinal

Category	Rule	Examples
one	`n = 1`	1
other	`(everything else)`	0, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, …

Punctuation and alphabet

Quotation marks: «text» nested ”text“
List pattern: {0}, {1} … {0} et {1}
Exemplar letters: aàâ æ b cç d eéèêë f g h iîï j k l m n oô œ p q r s t uùûü v w x yÿ z
Auxiliary letters: áåäãā ē íìī ñ óòöø úǔ
Index letters: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z