• A multitude of languages have always been spoken in Canada. Prior to Confederation, the territories that would become Canada were home to over 70 distinct languages...
  • Canada has two official languages at the federal level of government: English and French. That’s a small increase of 350,000 over the 2006 Census of Canada...
  • Learn more about Canada’s languages and the tools and programs in place to help protect, celebrate and strengthen linguistic duality in Canada.
  • Languages Canada is Canada’s premier language organization representing its two official languages: English and French.
  • English acts as a uniting language that spans the linguistic diversity of Canada, being one of the two official languages along with French.
  • English – 32.84 million speakers; French – 11.32 million speakers; Chinese – 755 thousand speakers; Punjabi – 642 thousand speakers...
  • However, the official language of Canada is not just English. In this vast territory, two languages coexist, English and French, for reasons related to the events...
  • Canada is a huge country and a country of immigration, so it should come as no surprise that we have more than one Canadian language.
  • In Quebec, French is the only official language. 18. Percentage of people in Canada who are bilingual. It’s the highest percentage in history.
  • English and French are the major languages of Canada, while 22% of Canadians have neither English or French as their mother tongue.