Official Languages in Canada

Something that I was surprised about when I was looking information about Canada, was the fact the even when they are two official languages, French is the minority of the entire country.

 English and French are legally the official languages, which made Canada a Bilingual country. In fact, 98% of Canadian population can conduct a conversation in English or French, and 8/10 Canadians had one of these languages as a mother tongue.  

There are others languages spoken, but more than 90% of the population speak one of the officials regularly at home. But only 1/4 have French as the mother language, and 3/10 Canadians can conduct a conversation in this language. This shows that even when they have two official languages, the majority of the people speak English. Either because is more easy to communicate with people from other parts, or because they don’t use French. 

Quebec is one of the provinces that is an exception, because there mostly people  speak French. Is one of the few parts, where is really used as the major language. Those who live in there wants to preserve the difference, because they are really compromised with the use of French as the mother tongue. In other parts, such as Montreal, people use both languages, without problems.