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2. Languages of Canada - Wikipedia

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   New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, and Canada's three territories have all given official status to more than one language. In the case of New Brunswick, this means perfect equality. In the other cases, the recognition sometimes amounts to a formal recognition of official languages, but limited services in official languages other than English.

3. Official bilingualism in Canada - Wikipedia

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   French and English are official languages in Canada's three federal territories: Yukon, Nunavut, and the Northwest Territories. Nunavut and the Northwest Territories also accord official language status to several indigenous languages. Inuktitut and Inuinnaqtun are official in Nunavut, being languages of the territory's Inuit population.

4. Official Languages Act (Canada) - Wikipedia

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   The Official Languages Act was one of the cornerstones of the government of Pierre Trudeau.The law was an attempt to implement some of the policy objectives outlined by the federally commissioned Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism, which had been established in 1963 and since that time had been issuing periodic reports on the inequitable manner in which Canada's English ...

5. Language policies of Canada's provinces and territories

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   At the time of Confederation in 1867, English and French were made the official languages of debate in the Parliament of Canada and the Parliament of Quebec.No specific policies were enacted for the other provinces, and no provisions were made for the official languages to be used in other elements of the government such the courts, schools, post offices, and so on.

6. French language in Canada - Wikipedia

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   By the 1969 Official Languages Act, both English and French are recognized as official languages in Canada and granted equal status by the Canadian government. [5] While French, with no specification as to dialect or variety, has the status of one of Canada's two official languages at the federal government level , English is the native ...

7. Timeline of official languages policy in Canada - Wikipedia

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   In an exhaustive 1971 study of Canadian language law prepared for the Royal Commission on Bilingualism and Biculturalism, Claude-Armand Sheppard offered this definition for the term “official language”: “[An] official language is a language in which all or some of the public affairs of a particular definition are, or can be, conducted ...

8. Section 16 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

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   A bilingual (English and French) stop sign on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.An example of bilingualism at the federal government level. Section 16 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms is the first of several sections of the Constitution dealing with Canada's two official languages, English and French.

9. List of official languages by country and territory - Wikipedia

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   Official language A language designated as having a unique legal status in the state: typically, the language used in a nation's legislative bodies, and often, official government business. Regional language A language designated as having official status limited to a specific area, administrative division, or territory of the state.