French Canadian Keyboard Map
How are the special characters on the French Canadian legended keyboard generated? First you must choose the standard French Canadian layout (as outlined here) in your operating system. Once this is done, French Canadian keyboards are legended to provide you with indications of the differences between the French Canadian layout and the standard English Layout. In some cases special characters can be generated with a single keystroke, in other cases you enter the accent first (i.e. accent grave or accent aigu) and then press the letter you wish the accent to apply to (a, e, i, o, u). If you want to generate a capitalized letter with an accent, make sure to enter a capitalized version of the letter (A, E, I, O, U).
Product Description: The Canadian (French) keyboard labels conform to the Canadian (French) keyboard layout in Windows. The labels are printed on clear Lexan® so the original key legend shows through; this allows you to add Canadian (French) labels to your existing keyboard so that it becomes a bilingual keyboard (Canadian French) and the original language of your keyboard). Keyboard stickers with Canadian French captions/letters. Stickers are designed to match the 'Canadian French - CSA' keyboard layout on Mac, and 'Canadian French' on Windows. If you choose either of the Windows versions but want a layout from the Mac, please let us know in the note to order:) You can set these layouts using this guide.
Keyboard stickers with Canadian French captions/letters. Stickers are designed to match the 'Canadian French - CSA' keyboard layout on Mac, and 'Canadian French' on Windows. If you choose either of the Windows versions but want a layout from the Mac, please let us know in the note to order:) You can set these layouts using this guide.
In the list which follows, all the keys which differ from the standard keyboard are described, and the key action which is generated is indicated when you press the key alone (by itself with no modifier), Shifted (press and hold the Shift key first and then press the key in question) or Alt Car Shifted (press and hold the Alt Car key first and then press the key in question).
Sample French Canadian Legended Keyboards: KB210USB-FCB, SK595UW-CF, KB700PB-FC
Not all the keys are legended on all French Canadian keyboards, however most common characters are legended for easy reference.
Upper left corner key (usually Tilda):
Alone #
Shifted (pipe key)
AltCar (backslash)
1 in number row key:
Alone 1
Shifted !
AltCar ± (plus/minus)
2 in number row key:
Alone 2
Shifted '
AltCar @ (at symbol or commercial a 'arobas')
3 in number row key:
Alone 3
Shifted / (forward slash)
AltCar £ (pound sterling symbol)
4 in number row key:
Alone 4
Shifted $ (dollar sign)
AltCar ¢ (cent sign)
5 in number row key:
Alone 5
Shifted % (percentage)
AltCar ¤
6 in number row key:
Alone 6
Shifted ? (question mark)
AltCar ¬
7 in number row key:
Alone 7
Shifted &
AltCar ¦
8 in number row key:
Alone 8
Shifted *
AltCar ²
9 in number row key:
Alone 9
Shifted (
AltCar ³
0 in number row key:
Alone 0
Shifted )
AltCar ¼
- in number row key:
Alone -
Shifted _
AltCar ½
= in number row key:
Alone =
Shifted +
AltCar ¾
O letter key
AltCar §
P letter key
AltCar ¶ (paragraph symbol)
^ Key (normally left bracket/brace)
Alone ^ (Circumflex)
Shifted ^ (Circumflex)
AltCar [ (left bracket)
¸ Key (normally right bracket/brace)
Alone ¸ (Cedilla)
Shifted ¨ (Umlaut)
AltCar ] (right bracket)
< Key (normally pipe/backslash)
Alone < (less than symbol)
Shifted > (greater than symbol)
AltCar } (right brace)
; Key
Alone ; (semi-colon)
Shifted : (colon)
AltCar ~ (tilda)
`Key (Normally quotation key)
Alone ` (accent grave - press this before an e to make è, or any other letter, à è ì ò ù)
Shifted ` (e.g. press this before an E to make È)
AltCar { (left brace)
M letter key
AltCar µ
, key (comma)
Alone ,
Shifted ' (single quote)
. key (period)
Alone .
Shifted .
/ and ? key
Alone é (e accent aigu)
Shifted É
AltCar ´ (use to apply to a character i.e. á é ó í ú ý )
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If you only occasionally need to type accent characters (for French and Spanish) is by using what’s known as ‘ALT codes’.
These codes allow you to create the accent characters with a standard keyboard by holding the ALT key and typing the special code on the keyboards num pad.
The list below includes each accent character and their special code.
Note: The numbers have to be typed on the num pad, not the row of numbers at the top of the keyboard. Laptop users will need to turn on the integrated num pad which replaces standard letter buttons (u,i,o.p etc) with the num pad.
a with grave accent
à ALT + 133 À ALT + 0192
a with circumflex
â ALT + 131 Â ALT + 0194
a with tréma
ä ALT + 132 Ä ALT + 142
a e ligature
æ ALT + 145 Æ ALT + 146
c with cedilla
ç ALT + 135 Ç ALT + 128
e with acute accent
é ALT + 130 É ALT + 144
French Canadian Keyboard Symbols
e with grave accent
è ALT + 138 È ALT + 0200
e with circumflex
ê ALT + 136 Ê ALT + 0202
e with tréma
ë ALT + 137 Ë ALT + 0203
i with circumflex
î ALT + 140 Î ALT + 0206
i with tréma
ï ALT + 139 Ï ALT + 0207
o with circumflex
ô ALT + 147 Ô ALT + 0212
o e ligature
œ ALT + 0156 Œ ALT + 0140
u with grave accent
ù ALT + 151 Ù ALT + 0217
u with circumflex
û ALT + 150 Û ALT + 0219
u with tréma
ü ALT + 129 Ü ALT + 154
French quotation marks
« ALT + 174 » ALT + 175
French Canadian Keyboard Layout Microsoft
Euro symbol
€ ALT + 0128