Over the past 20 years, the number of bilingual Canadians has
doubled. For a growing number of Canadians, bilingualism has become not only a
personal asset but also an important part of their sense of national identity.
Proud and conscious of this diversity and eager to improve the equity and
quality of their services, many organizations are making the decision to
operate in both official languages.
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Canada's French-speaking population ranks second only to France
worldwide. It is larger than the Francophone populations of Switzerland and
Belgium combined.
The number of Francophones outside Quebec equals the population of
an entire province like Saskatchewan, New Brunswick or Nova Scotia.
One Canadian in four has French as a mother tongue and close to one
Canadian in three speaks French.
1.6 million of Canada's French-speaking population have an ancestry
other than French or English.
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