Honestly I didn't find French people in France to be very standoffish either, except for the tourist areas of Paris.

And I can promise there are absolutely tourist areas of Montréal where francophones are standoffish ASSHOLES to anyone they decide is the wrong kind of tourist. I'm glad you didn't run into them, but yeah, it's . . . totally there.

But also yes: Quebec as a province is very much part of Francophonie, as much as it is of Canada.