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.

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.

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.

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 ...

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

The new rules, which take effect on June 1, 2025, will enact parts of Bill 96, the sweeping overhaul of Quebec’s language laws that passed in 2022.

Of the 10,000 most-streamed songs in Quebec in 2023, only five per cent were French-language titles from the province. Not so long ago, in the era of compact discs, Lacombe said, one in two sales ...