Visite d’un petit appartement sur la treizième rue

What does “en masse” mean in Quebec French?

Quebec French uses en masse to mean “lots / tons / plenty,” a meaning France French speakers don’t recognize at first. Y’a de la place en masse (“there’s tons of room”), j’ai des amis en masse (“I have loads of friends”). In France, en masse means “as a group” or “en bloc,” so European listeners hear the Quebec version as something else entirely. The Quebec usage is a reliable dialect marker.

This clip is a Quebec apartment tour. The host points at the bedroom and says “elle a de la place en masse pour la table de nuit” (“there’s plenty of room for the nightstand”). The phrase signals Quebec French immediately to any French ear.