That's correct. In fact, Francophones residing here worked and lived their lives in English. Most of the missionaries came from Europe. In fact, there are still some left, who are 80 years of age and over. It's quite interesting to hear them. They came here to live in English.
Some came from Quebec. They would speak French among themselves, but they were too few in number to found a Francophone Catholic school. The idea was to have at least one Francophone school.