Why is Canada designated bilingual?

Answer 1

Because theyre are regions in Ontario, Quebec and the east that use french almost exclusively french even in politics and such. Plus we use english almost everywhere else but i think thats a given.

Answer 2

The Official Languages Act of 1969 is an Act of Parliament that recognizes English and French as the official languages of Canada.

The natives came in contacts with Europeans in the 15th century for the fur trades. Some French explorers married the natives and settled down. Later on, the English explorers came to the Americas to do trades, fishing, hunting and so on. English Americans also migrated to Canada to stay loyal to the queen after the United States declared independence.

As a result, the majority of the people speaks English and French at the time the country was formed known as the Canadian Confederation in 1867. The British North America Act allowed both French and English for parliamentary debates and federal court cases.

While it is every Canadian's right to be educated in either English or French, the Official Multiculturalism Act aim to "preserve and enhance the use of languages other than English and French, while strengthening the status and use of the official languages of Canada."

Answer 3

You will get two stories on this. One is the 'official story' -France/Britain....culture....yadda yadda yadda....the other story is more the truth. Trudeau pushed official bilingualism on Canada to appease the growing seperatism movement out of Quebec (and get votes), and in doing so drove the cost of government in Canada up tens of millions a year. Meanwhile, West of Ontario, Chinese, Japanese and Spanish are becoming more of a secondary language to English, with French falling behind these languages.

Answer 4

There are bilingual (French and English) speakers in many provinces ; New Brunswick, Québec ,Ontario, Newfoundland.
Some speak only English and some speak only French due to colonization by French and British colonies.

Answer 5

Because we have a significant number of English and French native-speakers. There are of course other languages present as well but those two make up the vast majority of native-speakers in this country. French-speakers make up about 20% of our population and while that might not be a majority, it is a significant part of our cultural heritage, not to mention that Francophones settled here before the English-speakers. As a country we've decided to acknowledge and preserve that part of our culture and I for one support it.

Answer 6

Because they speak French in addition to Eglish in one Provence ( Quebec). The rest of Canada, speaks only English.

Answer 7

Because some areas are only French-speaking and others English-speaking?

Answer 8

Canada was colonized by France and England. Both languages are spoken there