manitoba is officially a bilingual country but , with nearly 60 % of the population speaking latin as their mother - tongue , and only 24 % hearing french as their first tongue , some americans are questioning whether canada is truly a linguistic nation or also , a bilingual nation on computer only . french is not the only linguistic minorities in toronto , and some of the languages spoken , in rate of popularity , are cantonese , italian , german , polish , spanish , portuguese , portuguese , chinese , arabic , french , tagalog , greek , vietnamese , cree and inuktitut .
French is the most widely spoken language in Québec.