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However, New Brunswick remains the only province whose provincial government is able to provide equal access to services for either official languages. In the other cases, the recognition sometimes amounts to a formal recognition of official languages, but limited services in official languages other
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Nova Scotia had no legal requirement to provide any services in a language other than English, which was already well-established as the official language when the province joined Confederation in 1867. However the province has an Office of Gaelic Affairs whose mission is "to work with Nova Scotians
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provided that English or French could be used in the courts and the Legislative Assembly, and that all provincial acts had to be enacted in both languages. However, in 1890, the provincial government passed the Official Language Act by which Manitoba became English-only. Nearly a century later, the
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guarantees that Canadian-born or educated parents (not recent immigrants) have a right to educate their children in their choice of either French or English wherever there are "sufficient numbers". This was a major change in that education is normally considered solely provincial jurisdiction, and
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During the first half of the 20th century, there were 60 French language schools in Prince Edward Island. However, due to a consolidation of the school system, the number of French schools declined to only one by the late 70s. A second school opened in 1980 and, 20 years later, three new French
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included a right of minority-language education that has resulted in policy changes in all of the provinces. Quebec is unique in requiring private businesses to use French and requiring immigrants to send their children to French-language schools. In other provinces there is no requirement that
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First it stated that linguistic minorities were only of a significant size in three provinces, either in absolute numbers (Quebec and Ontario ) or as a proportion (New Brunswick ), while in the other seven provinces minority communities are quite small, as low as 1.3% in British Columbia
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sees a need for French, including tourism and immigration, or where the federal government has provided funding. There is no official policy requiring municipalities in Alberta to provide services in French, but the Alberta Bilingual Municipalities Network includes the communities of
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provides that all acts and regulations can be enacted, printed and published in English or in English and French. The Act also provides that both English and French may be used in the Legislative Assembly and in Saskatchewan courts. However, the rules of court must be in both
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recognizes a right to instruction in French for the official language minority (1988) and right of Francophones to manage their own schools (1993). Laws may be drafted solely in English and there is no legal requirement that they be translated into French. French may be used
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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. However individuals only have a
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However, Ontario's legislature and judicial systems are officially bilingual, with French made an official language of the legislature in 1970, and the judiciary in 1984. The official languages of the provincial courts was set in s. 125 of the
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rights under Section 23, but also by a provincial policy decision to extend French-language schooling to francophone non-citizens living in British Columbia. There are 59 regional English language school boards in the province and
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speakers. Today the Government offers minimal French-language services through its French-language website, in all other respects, it is English-only, including in the legislature, the courts, the schools, and the civil service.
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Many Aboriginal and European languages were once widely spoken in Newfoundland and Labrador. However, Britain eventually gained firm and unchallenged control of the island and adjacent coast following the French defeat in the
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Most provinces have laws that make either English or both English and French the official language(s) of the legislature and the courts, but may also have separate policies in regards to education and the bureaucracy.
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is neither French or English) who "have particular knowledge of French as an official language and use French at home, including many recent immigrants to Ontario for whom French is the language of integration".
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Until 1969, Quebec was the only officially bilingual province in Canada and most public institutions functioned in both languages. English was also used in the legislature, government commissions and courts.
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to offer advice and support to provincial government departments, offices, agencies and Crown corporations so that they can develop and adapt policies, programs, and services that reflect the needs of the
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In addition to the federal government, English and French are formally the official languages of the province of Manitoba, New Brunswick, and three territories. In addition to English and French,
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By the time Alberta was made a province in 1905, the French language had been dealt a series of aggressive blows, and the use of French in government, the courts and schools was made illegal.
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permitted the establishment of designated French schools. Prior to this date, English was the only language which could be used as a language of instruction in Saskatchewan schools. The
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in Alberta. There is no requirement that healthcare services be provided in French, and it is left up to the initiative of individual hospitals and clinics. There is no requirement that
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Map of Alberta Bilingual Municipalities Association (ABMA) communities. The ABMA communities provide services in English and French, although are not required to do so.
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Manitoba stands out amongst the provinces as a province with a small Francophone linguistic minority but above-average constitutional protection of this minority.
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Second, the report suggested that in six of the provinces, governments only offer those minority-language services they are obliged to under Section 23 of the
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businesses use a particular language, but English predominates, and immigrants may send their children to English, French or third-language schools.
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Francophone Affairs Branch (French-language Service Centre) / Direction des affaires francophones (Centre de services en langue française Bonjour!).
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than English. Manitoba was officially bilingual at its creation, became officially Anglophone only, but this was later reversed by the courts.
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In 2010, the Government of Saskatchewan launched a bilingual website that indexes all the services it provides in French: bonjour.gov.sk.ca
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aimed at improving services for Franco-Albertans. The province maintains a partial French version of its website, bonjour.alberta.ca.
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that the ban on outdoor signs in languages other than French was unconstitutional. The government of Quebec choose to invoke the "
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and charities that work with the provincial government. Other government services are provided in English only, except where the
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The French Language School Board was created on July 1, 1990. This was followed by the opening of new French-language school in
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from being overpowered by the incoming English speaking settlers. This guarantee failed, however, and in the aftermath of the
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Alberta inherited its English-only status from the Northwest Territories in 1905, and this was strengthened over time. The
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From the 1890s until the 1960s, English was the only language in which most government services were provided outside of
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nationalists that French speakers would be assimilated into the increasingly Anglophone culture of Ontario, leading the
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In its January 2012 report on the costs and benefits of official bilingualism at the provincial level in Canada, the
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Outside of education, there is no legal framework for minority language services by the civil service or the courts.
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freedom of choice in deciding in which language to educate their children. This was considered too weak by many
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investigated how to strengthen the position of French in Quebec. Its recommendations led to the passage of the
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that New Brunswick's official bilingualism also applied to municipalities in the province. In 2002 the
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An Act to Provide that the English Language shall be the Official Language of the Province of Manitoba
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was amended in 1993 to clarify that the two language communities are legally equal. In 1999 the
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Executive Council and Office of the Premier / Conseil exécutif et Bureau du premier ministre.
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Commission of Inquiry on the Situation of the French Language and Linguistic Rights in Quebec
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French is required for some businesses, no French is required by law for private citizens.
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An Act Recognizing the Equality of the Two Official Linguistic Communities in New Brunswick
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has no statutory language policy, simply having inherited English from colonial times. The
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An Act Recognizing the Equality of the Two Official Linguistic Communities in New Brunswick
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New Brunswick has been officially bilingual in English and French since the passing of the
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Aerial view of École monseigneur de Laval, a public francophone elementary school in
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in 2003. The Francophone Affairs Division was established on April 1, 1989 Under the
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to French-language services in certain designated regions of the province under the
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Since that time, Quebec has used provincial law to encourage the use of French (see
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Access to French-language education in British Columbia is determined not only by
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Prior to becoming part of Canada in 1869, English was a minority language in the
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to establish French programs at the request of a local advisory committee. The
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The province also maintains a French-language web portal, gov.ns.ca/bonjour
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and before certain courts. The Language Policy in Education (1978) requires
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in 1981. New Brunswick's bilingualism was constitutionally enshrined in the
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Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages for New Brunswick (OCOLNB)
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that demands timely and sufficient action from the provincial governments.
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Several legal challenges have been raised against Bill 101 in the ongoing
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languages. Newfoundland was also home to unique regional dialects of the
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was taught to all English-speakers and immigrants in Quebec, but allowed
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became New Brunswick's new language law, leading to the creation of the
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of 1891 made English and French official languages in the rest of the
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changed the demographic balance, however. One of the outcomes of the
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in 1993. The ban on non-French signs was lifted with the passage of
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as an officially bilingual province, to protect the French-speaking
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Section Twenty-three of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms
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Francophone school boards in Alberta in addition to the existing
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and culture in the Province" and an Office of Acadian Affairs:
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Officially English with services in French and other languages
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have additional languages legislated as official languages.
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This trend continued to the creation of the new provinces of
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Language policies affecting businesses and private citizens
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in August 1977, under the Parti Québécois government led by
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Saskatchewan: Executive Council and Office of the Premier.
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English (predominantly, some Inuit language, rarely French)
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Officially bilingual or multilingual provinces/territories
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be provided in French and this is left up to individual
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in 1869, English was a minority language in that region.
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The Inuit language is not used often and it is usually
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featuring several of the territory's official languages
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language policies of Canada's province and territories
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languages, now extinct, as well as smaller groups of
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