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English and French are the official languages of Canada and have
equal status and equal rights and priileges as to their use in all
governmental institutions. The federal constitution also gives the
English and French minorities the right to publicly funded education
in their own language at the primary and secondary leels, wherever
the number of children warrants it. The constitution proides for
bilingualism in the legislature and courts of Québec, New Brunswick,
and Manitoba. Although there are no similarly entrenched
constitutional rights in Ontario and Saskatchewan, these proinces
have made English and French the official languages of the courts. |
Although Canada is frequently referred to as a bilingual country,
under 20% of the population can speak both English and French. In
Québec, more than 80% of the people speak French as a natie
language. Some 60% of Canadians speak English and 24% speak French
as their first language. Italian, German, Chinese, Ukrainian,
Portuguese, and Polish are spoken by small numbers of people. There
are at least 58 different Indian languages and dialects, in 10 major
language groups. Cree is the most common Indian language. |
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