The following is the entry for this language as it appeared in the 14th edition (2000).
It was superseded by the corresponding entry in the 15th edition (2005). See also the corresponding entry in the current edition of Ethnologue.
SIL code: FCS
ISO 639-2: sgn
| Population | No estimate available. |
| Region | Québéc, except northern Québéc, Ottawa, Northern Ontario, Bathurst New Brunswick, and a few in Vancouver and Edmonton. |
| Alternate names | LANGUE SIGNE QUEBECARS, LANGUE DES SIGNES QUÉBÉCOISE, LSQ |
| Classification | Deaf sign language. |
| Comments | Related to French Sign Language (LSF). In northern Québéc, deaf people use ASL, with English the second language. Some use Signed French. Segregated deaf education by sex resulted in some lexical differences between the sexes; female use more influenced by ASL and LSQ; male by Signed French and LSQ. It is rare for a deaf child to learn both LSQ and ASL. A few adults have a working knowledge of both. |
