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2006-08-04 14:48:48 · 17 answers · asked by Gardenfoot 4 in Travel Canada Other - Canada

17 answers

That depends, do you speak Englsh now?

2006-08-04 15:01:43 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2 2

Absolutely. Canada has two official languages, English and French, but about 85% of Canadians speak English. Quebec is the province where the most French-speakers live, but a large percentage of them also speak English, so you should have no difficulties at all.

2006-08-05 12:52:33 · answer #2 · answered by old lady 7 · 0 0

Most places do speak English,but there are some French people in Quebec that are just ,I don't know maybe stubbern to speak english...There are a lot of english communities in Quebec tho.....I know because i come from one. People act a little differently in each province you go ...some are friendly some are not,I guess its the same all over the world

2006-08-04 22:43:47 · answer #3 · answered by chocolatetaster 1 · 0 0

While most of the Canadians in Quebec are bilingual (it is taught in most schools, along with French), many of them refuse to speak English in their day to day lives. This is likely the result of their strong desire to break away and become their own nation, with French as their official language. They often use it at work, however, switching back and forth on the phone with ease. Do not be surprised if many do not respond kindly to your attempts to communicate in English. Most other parts of Canada, however, are primarily English speaking.

2006-08-04 22:00:40 · answer #4 · answered by Roxie S 1 · 0 0

In all provinces but Quebec, just about everyone speaks English. (Most but not all speak it as their first language.)

Within Quebec, in Montreal just about everyone who works in the tourist and related industries speaks English (usually not as their first language)--in the airport and hotels for sure; in restaurants and stores downtown you should be able to communicate in English although the staff may not be fully fluent. Normally they don't expect Americans to speak French, and almost certainly not Asians, Eastern Europeans, etc. (They may expect Canadians to speak French.)

In the rest of Quebec, you may or may not find people who speak English.

2006-08-06 18:25:53 · answer #5 · answered by Goddess of Grammar 7 · 0 0

the big cities like Vancouver,Toronto,Ottawa,Halifax main languages widely spoken is English but if u don't know french stay away from Montreal and Quebec although they do speak English there languages commonly spoken is french

2006-08-06 05:23:15 · answer #6 · answered by mimi 3 · 0 0

90% of the country speaks english

french is primarily in Quebec and some parts of Ontario

go see Vancouver, BC though...it's the MOST beautiful of all the provinces!

2006-08-05 01:50:26 · answer #7 · answered by Lady D 3 · 0 0

uh...no...a LOT of Canada speaks french. In fact, most of Quebek speaks french.

I know montreal and vancouver is mostly french and english...but not sure where else.

2006-08-04 21:54:27 · answer #8 · answered by taurus76fem 2 · 0 0

everyone in canada is english-speaking. In montreal and in the acadian region of PEI there are french speakers but they all speak english as well

2006-08-04 21:58:32 · answer #9 · answered by Jen 2 · 0 0

yes except Quebec province, which is French, although some areas are multilingual

2006-08-04 21:54:18 · answer #10 · answered by robynbiker 5 · 0 0

Roxie S gave an excellent answer.

2006-08-04 22:39:51 · answer #11 · answered by fatsausage 7 · 0 0

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