Fact · Languages and accents
The Québec language office's spacing table gives a non-breaking space after the opening French guillemet (« ) and before the closing one (»).
Checked against its source on October 17, 2026
In the source's own words
“Guillemet français ouvrant 3, 5 « Une espace Une espace insécable ... Guillemet français fermant 1, 3 » Une espace insécable Une espace”
Espacement avant et après les signes de ponctuation et les symboles, Office québécois de la langue française, n.d., Table of punctuation spacing (Guillemet français rows).
Open the original- What it measures
- The table gives, for each mark, whether the space on each side is normal or non-breaking. The two French guillemet rows are entries in that table.
- What it does not show
- This is Québec practice, and the table does not give France's rule. The page has footnote numbers in the rows, which are not part of the rule.