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General
- Directive on the Use of Official Languages in Electronic Communications
- Directive on the Use of Official Languages on Web Sites
- French and Official Language Services Best Practices (www)
Definition
- The Constitution Act, 1982, Section 16 (www)
- The Legal Context of Canada's Official Languages (Site for Language Management in Canada) (www)
Statistics
- Facts about Official Languages (September 2006)
- Linguistic Profile of the Bilingual Visible Minority Population in Canada (2007) (PDF Verion Approx. 240 KB) (Help on File Formats)
- Profile of languages in Canada: English, French and many others (www)
- The Atlas of Canada – Official Languages
Government stakeholders
- Commissioner of Official Languages for New Brunswick (www)
- Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages
Canadian Heritage
- Official Languages in Canada - Roadmap for Canada's Linguistic Duality 2008-2013: Acting for the Future (Canadian Heritage)
- Official Languages Secretariat (Canadian Heritage)
- Official Languages Support Programs (Canadian Heritage)
- Roadmap for Canada's Linguistic Duality 2008-2013 (Canadian Heritage)
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
- Communications Policy of the Government of Canada
- Directive on the Use of Official Languages in Electronic Communications
- Directive on the Use of Official Languages on Web Sites
English
French
- Alliance Française : Délégation générale au Canada (www) (Available only in French)
- French: A truly official language
- The Charter of the French Language (Quebec) (www)
Bilingualism
Statistics
- Linguistic Profile of the Bilingual Visible Minority Population in Canada (2007) (PDF Verion Approx. 240 KB) (Help on File Formats)
Tools and resources
- Bilingual formatting
- From Bonjour to Au revoir: Usual Expressions on the Telephone
- History of Bilingualism in Canada
- Making your organization bilingual (Canadian Heritage)
Bilingual organizations
Official language minority communities
Tools and resources
- National Program for the Integration of Both Official Languages in the Administration of Justice (www)
National organizations
Anglophone organizations
National
Provincial and territorial
- Association of English-Language Publishers of Quebec (www)
- Quebec Community Groups Network (www)
- Quebec Writers' Federation (www)
Francophone organizations
National
- Canadian Association of Immersion Teachers (www) (Available only in French)
- Fédération des communautés francophones et acadienne du Canada (www) (Available only in French)
Provincial and territorial
Alberta
- Association canadienne-française de l'Alberta (www) (some English content)
British Columbia
Manitoba
- Alliance Française du Manitoba (www) (bilingual content)
- Manitoba - Francophone Affairs Secretariat (www)
New Brunswick
- Société des Acadiens et Acadiennes du Nouveau-Brunswick (www) (Available only in French)
Newfoundland and Labrador
Northwest Territories
Nova Scotia
- Fédération acadienne de la Nouvelle-Écosse (www) (some English content)
Nunavut
- Association des francophones du Nunavut (www) (Available only in French)
Ontario
- Assemblée de la francophonie de l'Ontario (www)
(Available only in French) - Office of Francophone Affairs (www)
Prince Edward Island
- Société Saint-Thomas-D'Aquin (www)
(Available only in French)
Quebec
- Office québécois de la langue française (www) (some English content)
Saskatchewan
- Assemblée communautaire fransaskoise (www) (Available only in French)
- Office of French-Language Co-ordination (www)
Yukon
- Association Franco-Yukonnaise (www) (Available only in French)
Legislation
Federal
- Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (sections 16 to 23 about Official Languages)
- Official Languages Act
- Official Languages Act: In Brief
- Section 133 of The Constitution Act, 1867
- The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (Sections 16 - 23)
Provincial and territorial
New Brunswick
- An Act Recognizing the Equality of the Two Official Linguistic Communities in New Brunswick (PDF Verion Approx. 40 KB) (Help on File Formats) (www)
- Official Languages Act (2002) (PDF Version Approx. 108 KB) (Help on File Formats) (www)
Northwest Territories
- Official Languages Act of the Northwest Territories (PDF Version 156 KB) (Help on File Formats) (www)
Nova Scotia
Nunavut
- Bill 7, the Inuit Language Protection Act (PDF Verion Approx. 132 KB) (Help on File Formats) (www)
- Official Languages Act (PDF Verion Approx. 108 KB) (Help on File Formats) (www)
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Saskatchewan
- Act respecting the Use of the English and French Languages in Saskatchewan (The Language Act) (PDF Version Approx. 100 KB) (Help on File Formats) (www)
Yukon
Useful links
- Implementation of Section 41 of the Official Languages Act
- Implementation of Section 41 of the Official Languages Act (Status of Women Canada)
Tools and resources
- Action Plan for Official Languages (2003)
- Beyond Words - Canada's Official Languages Newsletter (Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages)
- Bridging the Digital Divide: Official Languages on the Internet (Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages)
- French on the Internet: Key to the Canadian Identity and the Knowledge Economy
- Our Official Languages: As a Century Ends and a Millennium Begins (2001) (Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages)
- Plan Twenty Thriteen (2013) - Strategies for a National Approachin Second Language Education, April 2004 (Canadian Heritage) (PDF Version Approx. 380 KB) (Help on File Formats) (www)