Cara, também comecei no frances unicamente pela vontade de imigrar pro Quebec. Apesar disso o francês ensinado lá no curso é o da França. Depois habilitei a TV 5 Monde na tv a cabo e lá tem vários programas no francês da França, do Quebec e da África. Agora que eu to já conseguindo entender melhor o francês, percebo que é possível sim entender quase a mesma proporção do frances canadense que no da França. Além disso no caso de não rolar a imigração, o frances que prevalece ainda é o original. Acho que falar a língua é o mais urgente, adaptar o sotaque e as particularidades de cada local é secundário.

Very interesting question, and your plan sounds good. You know, standard (written) French is the same everywhere. The main difference you have to get used to is the huge difference between written French and spoken French. And to understand spoken quebecois French, it's best to already have a good level in the standard language. Then you can learn the unique vocabulary, the unique contractions we do in Canada, etc. There are online resources for that, by the way. Bonne chance! :)

I think there is a big difference between France French and Quebec french. This difference is huge is the spoken language cause the accent isn't similar, French from France don't understand french from quebec very well ! Whereas, I think you can switch between two french with work ! For me, it's better to learn directly the french you want to speak ! Sorry for mistakes, bye,