What is "two solitudes"

n. (context Canada social criticism English) The historical and, by some accounts, current dysfunctional relationship between the anglophone and Francophone groups in Canada, characterized by poor communication and mutual exclusion.

The term Two Solitudes may refer to:

• Two Solitudes (novel), a 1945 novel by Hugh MacLennan
• Two Solitudes (film), 1978 motion picture written and directed by Lionel Chetwynd, based on the 1945 novel
• Two Solitudes (Canadian society), the relationship between English-speaking and French-speaking Canadians
• "Two Solitudes" (short story), a 1995 email story by Carl Steadman
• "Two Solitudes", a 1987 song by Level 42 on their album Running in the Family

Two Solitudes is a 1978 motion picture, written and directed by Lionel Chetwynd, based on the 1945 novel by Hugh MacLennan.

Two Solitudes is a 1945 novel by Hugh MacLennan.

"Two Solitudes" refers to a perceived lack of communication, and moreover a lack of will for communication between Anglophone and Francophone people in Canada. The term was popularized by Hugh MacLennan's novel Two Solitudes. In her investiture speech as Governor-General of Canada, Michaëlle Jean specifically stated that "the time of 'two solitudes' had finished".