This article provides an overview of French language requirements in Quebec for commerce and business under the Charter of the French language (RLRQ c. C-11) (the French Charter) and the ...

Sweeping new French-language rules take effect in Quebec on June 1, bringing new requirements — and potentially hefty consequences for businesses that don’t comply.

In Quebec v. 156158 Canada Inc., 24 anglophone merchants in the Montréal area challenged various charges against them for violation of provisions of the Charter of the French Language (Language ...

QUEBEC — It’s a new year and with it comes the arrival of a new series of language law regulations — this time for Quebec businesses and shopkeepers.

The Quebec government will go ahead with its rules requiring all signs on commercial businesses, aside from the company name, to be predominately in French by June 2025.

For Montreal barber Jesse Padulo, running a barbershop usually means long hours behind the chair, but lately, he says he’s ...

Under Bill 96, French text on commercial advertising and signage must have greater visual impact. The draft version of the regulation said the French text must be twice as large. The confusion ...

Starting June 1, Quebec's French language laws are getting stricter for businesses, and many storefronts across the province could start to look a little different. Under new rules coming into ...

French “must have a much greater visual impact compared to the other languages,” the OQLF says. That means French must “occupy a space at least twice as large” as the text in another language.

Quebec law to boost French language causes outcry in Canada The text extends the use of the 'official language' in La Belle Province to small businesses and immigrants. Anglophones have denounced ...

One hundred pages and 201 articles long, Bill 96 is touted by Quebec Premier Legault as a much needed “modernization” of Bill 101, the Charter of the French Language that the Parti Québécois ...