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Provincial services may be accessed in French or English in designated areas under the French Language Services Act. Ontario has a regionalized language policy, where part of the province is English-only and other areas are bilingual. Province-wide services (such as websites and toll-free telephone numbers) are provided in both English and French.
1966: The first of two amendments to the provincial Public Schools Act (the second taking place in 1970) reintroduce French-language instruction. 1979: Manitoba (Attorney General) v. Forest: The Supreme Court of Canada rules that the Official Language Act of 1890 is ultra vires.
The official languages of Canada are English and French, [1] which "have equality of status and equal rights and privileges as to their use in all institutions of the Parliament and Government of Canada," according to Canada's constitution. [2] ". Official bilingualism " (French: bilinguisme officiel) is the term used in Canada to collectively ...
t. e. The culture of Canada embodies the artistic, culinary, literary, humour, musical, political and social elements that are representative of Canadians. Throughout Canada's history, its culture has been influenced firstly by its indigenous cultures, and later by European culture and traditions, mostly by the British and French. [1]
The CNE remains a focal point of Toronto's culture. Toronto is the largest city in Canada and one of the most multicultural cities in the world. Many immigrant cultures have brought their traditions languages and music to Toronto. Toronto, the capital of the province of Ontario, is a major Canadian city along Lake Ontario's northwestern shore.
t. e. Sociolinguistics is the descriptive study of the effect of any or all aspects of society, including cultural norms, expectations, and context, on language and the ways it is used. It can overlap with the sociology of language, which focuses on the effect of language on society. Sociolinguistics overlaps considerably with pragmatics and is ...
In 2011, just under 21.5 million Canadians, representing 65% of the population, spoke English most of the time at home, while 58% declared it their mother language. [14] English is the major language everywhere in Canada except Quebec and Nunavut, and most Canadians (85%) can speak English. [15]
Language, Schooling, and Cultural Conflict: The Origins of the French Language Controversy in Ontario. McGill–Queen's University Press. ISBN 0-7735-0602-0. JSTOR j.ctt80g1x. Kalbfleisch, Herbert Karl (1968). The History of the Pioneer German Language Press of Ontario, 1835–1918. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-1-4875-8906-6.