French accents on QWERTY keyboards

Short of changing my keyboard or adopting the time-consuming methods for inserting French accents when using a QWERTY keyboard (I use them now and they slow me down enormously), is there a way to reprogram[?] some keys on my MacBook Pro so they input the more common accents - à, è, é at a single keystroke?

PS The French Canadian layout:
You can also easily make a custom layout with
http://scripts.sil.org/ukelele

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here re some links to AZERTY foldable keyboards. Unfortunately, I cannot say about availability in Canada.
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http://www.prixmoinscher.com/accessoires_telephonesportables/products__keyword--mini+clavier+bluetoo...
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