Category: Canada

No, the Official Languages Act puts the onus of providing services in both official languages on the federal government so that individuals don’t have to be bilingual. Does everything have to be bilingual in Canada? Personal bilingualism in Canada A bilingual country is not one where all the inhabitants necessarily have to speak two languages; […]

Additionally, the majority of Canadians, both males and females. Resident population of Canada in 2022, by gender and age group (in millions) Age group Male Female 0 to 17 years 3.74 3.58 18 to 24 years 1.76 1.64 25 to 44 years 5.47 5.31 What age group is largest in Canada? In 2021, about 15.75 […]

Since 1969, Canada has been an officially bilingual country (English and French) with notable levels of multilingualism, in urban centres. Yet, currently, 56% of Canadians are English monolinguals (Statistics Canada, Linguistic diversity and multilingualism in Canadian homes. Is Canada a multilingual country? Canada is recognized world-wide as a country with two official languages: English and […]

Section 133 of the Constitution Act, 1867 defined English and French as the official languages of the Canadian Parliament, as well as the courts. It also established both English and French as the official languages of the Québec legislature and courts. Does Canada have 2 national languages? Canada has 2 official languages, French and English. […]

Personal bilingualism in Canada A bilingual country is not one where all the inhabitants necessarily have to speak two languages; rather it is a country where the principal public and private institutions must provide services in two languages to the citizens, the vast majority of whom may well be unilingual.” Do you need to be […]

English is the majority language in every Canadian province and territory except Quebec (which has a French-speaking majority) and Nunavut (which has an Inuit language majority who speak Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun). Do some Canadians not speak English? French and English are the languages of inclusion The most important, Mandarin, was spoken by 610,835 people (1.8%). […]

Bilingualism in Canada is important because it shows how Canadians are passionate and motivated to work to keep and fix things that they find important, it is why all over Canada French is spoken, it is why Canada is still bilingual. Is bilingualism still relevant in Canada? Some 76 per cent of francophones there were […]

The system of official bilingualism has one overarching purpose: to ensure unobstructed access to either of Canada’s two official languages as actors interface with a broad spectrum of governmental activity. Why did Canada become officially bilingual? Under the leadership of Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson and his successor Pierre Elliott Trudeau, the Canadian government implemented […]

In general, employers must allow employees to speak their native language during work hours, unless it interferes with reasonable and necessary business operations. Is it unprofessional to speak a different language at work? § 1606.7(a) provides that a rule requiring employees to speak only English at all times in the workplace is a burdensome term […]

Bill C-11 amends the Broadcasting Act (the Act). The Act sets out the broadcasting policy for Canada, the role and powers of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (the Commission) in regulating and supervising the broadcasting system, and the mandate for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. What is Canadian Bill C-11? Bill C-11 would give the […]