Is quebecois French much different from the standard French?

There are some slight differences in Word usage or vocabulary as in places like La Réunion or La Guadeloupe. In these places far away from mainland France, some Words the mainland French have forgotten are still in use, or new ones emerged out of the local creativity. If you practice your French with the help of a Quebecois, you will be able to achieve [nearly] as much as with a native Frenchman. Visitors from Quebec have absolutely no problem to be understood in France, despite the accent which is much different (French can tell immediately someone is Quebecois - but they can tell if someone from Marseille or from Northern France too).