How to register for full-time French courses for Canadian-born persons

You can register for a full-time course anywhere in Québec.

Information to provide

To register for a full-time French course, you must provide one of these documents:

• A birth certificate issued by a provincial or territorial vital statistics office in Canada;
• Certificate of Canadian citizenship issued by Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC) to Canadian citizens by descent;
• Certificate of Registration of Canadian Birth Abroad issued by IRCC to Canadian citizens by descent.

Complete the online application form

To register for full-time courses:

1. Visit the platform Apprendre le français.
2. Click on the link Cours de français à temps complet pour les personnes canadiennes de naissance (Full-time French courses for Canadian-born individuals).
3. Create an account on the Apprendre le français platform.
   If you already have an account, log in to it.
4. Complete the application for admission to a full-time French course for Canadian-born individuals.
   In the form, you will need to indicate your preferred training location. You can consult the map of educational institutions that offer full-time French courses  to find a location near you.

You will be able to save your application and complete it through more than one visit should you need to make any changes before submitting it.

If you need to, check out the tutorials  designed to help you navigate on the platform Apprendre le français. Courtesy translations of the application form are also available on the same page.

Should you need assistance in completing your application, you may contact the training location where you wish to study.

You will know the start date of the course after your registration.

Register

If you wish to allow a person (whether belonging to an organization or not) to have access to information concerning your application for admission to a French course or to allow that person to act on your behalf in connection with an application for a French course, you must complete the following authorization: Authorized person or Proxy – Francisation Québec (PDF 220 Kb).

Processing time:

Courses generally start within 50 working days if this is your first registration for a full-time French course.

Processing time begins when the Ministère de l'Immigration, de la Francisation et de l'Intégration (MIFI) receives your application form.

Your course may also start before the end of this period.

See the MIFI Customer Service Statement  (in French only) for more details.