The recent controversies are a reminder of the French language's precarious position in a North American ocean of English-speakers, as well as previous battles to protect its status as an official ...

Do French-speakers face discrimination in Canada, despite its status as an official language along with English? Skip to main content France 24 - International breaking news, top stories and headlines ...

The map, which is interactive, shows users the most popular language — excluding English and French — in census regions across Canada. On top of that, the map tells you the percentage of ...

Outside Quebec, French-speakers certainly aren’t numerous enough to make a national regime of French-English bilingualism self-evidently rational on utilitarian, or even compassionate, grounds.

At the same time, in 2022, Canada set a record for the most immigrants welcomed in a single year, and one in four residents now reports a mother tongue other than English or French.

French and English Canada have long been described as two solitudes, with very different cultures. But in recent years differing approaches to multiculturalism have deepened the divide.

Sometimes when I translate, I feel the weight of my country on my shoulders. Canada has two official languages, English and French, in a sea of unofficial ones that merit more thought and attention.

The French-speaking Normans greatly influenced the tongue of the people they ruled. Before the Battle of Hastings, English had about 50,000 words.

In a roughly 30-page document titled “English and French: Towards the substantive equality of official languages in Canada” published Friday, the government makes over 50 proposals that aim to ...