- What is Canada’s first official language? English French and/or English are spoken by 98.2% of Canadians….French and English are the languages of inclusion.
- Of these many languages, only French and English have been given official status by the federal government of Canada.
- Since the Official Languages Act of 1969, both English and French have been the official languages of Canada.
- In Quebec, French is the only official language. 18. Percentage of people in Canada who are bilingual. It’s the highest percentage in history.
- 1969 1969: The first federal Official Languages Act is adopted, and it declares English and French to be the two official languages of Canada.
- French is the second official language of Canada with 7,452,075 native speakers that accounts for 21.4% of the total population.
- But the official languages of Canada are still only English and French, and it is on them that federal laws are passed in the Maple Leaf Country and the services of...
- The Official Languages of Canada. In Canada today, English is the most commonly spoken language.
- The table below shows the percentage of the total Canadian population who speak Canada's official languages most often at home from 1971 to 2006.[13]...