French Canadian Keyboard Option

As you probably know, the French keyboard available from the US Online Store is a true French AZERTY layout, versus the QWERTY layout of the French Canadian keyboard.

No, there is no way to purchase an MBP with a French Canadian keyboard in the US. Really, there's not. You'd need to buy it in Canada, or have it bought for you by someone in Canada, or as you state, have a credit card with a Canadian billing address and have it shipped to an address in Canada.

If you feel like voiding the warranty, sure. Except that I've not seen any French Canadian keyboards for uMBPs available from parts vendors, and replacing the keyboard is not the easiest of tasks.

Let's back up - why do you require a French Canadian keyboard? It's true that it's very different from the French keyboard, but the basic layout is actually not too different from the US keyboard layout. All of the necessary diacritical marks are possible by using simple option key combinations, á à ç ô, etc. Another option would be to buy a French Canadian external keyboard, and connect to the MBP (you can set the input map to French Canadian - in fact, you can do that for the internal keyboard and just ignore the characters printed on the keys, and you'll get FC input).

here's an idea, drive up North to Montreal for a weekend, not only do you get to visit an awesome city, but you can walk straight into the Apple Store and buy a stock model with the French Canadian keyboard!

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I have a 2.8 GHz MacBook Pro, French Canadian keyboard, that I'd be willing to sell you. I need the US version and bought this one unknowingly on eBay. Please email me at wacritchlow at gmail.com if you get this and are interested!