The best resources for Quebec French

Geneviève's whole channel answers one question — why you understood your Paris textbook and cannot understand anyone in Montreal — through the vowels, the contractions, the tu-question particle and the words France does not use. Around 275 videos and 95k subscribers, free on YouTube, with paid courses and a members' area on the site. It is the best single entry point to Québécois for someone who already has school French.

A smaller channel — around thirty videos and under four thousand subscribers — but pitched lower than most Quebec material, at people who want to say things rather than analyse them. Frédéric teaches the spoken forms directly and offers conversation lessons alongside. Use it beside a fuller course; there is not enough here to be one.

Conversation and explanation in Quebec French aimed at people who have the grammar and are missing the accent, the idioms and the register. It assumes you already know some French — there is no beginner scaffolding — which makes it a good second step after a general French course and a poor first one. Free.

Mauril is CBC/Radio-Canada's free learning app: real clips from Canadian television and radio, with comprehension exercises, transcripts and vocabulary built around them, graded from beginner up. Because the source material is Canadian broadcast, the French is Quebec French rather than Parisian — which is exactly why it is here and not simply in the general French list. Free, no subscription, and it covers English the same way. The catch is that it is Canada-only: the broadcaster licenses this content for Canada, so the apps are not listed outside Canadian app stores and the web version will not play the clips abroad.

OHdio is where Radio-Canada puts its podcasts, radio archive and audiobooks, and it is the largest body of authentic Quebec French audio anywhere. Nothing is adapted for learners, so it is a step to take once native-speed French is already comfortable in a European accent and the Québécois one is the thing you are training. Free, though some titles are available only in Canada.