canada is officially a canadian countries but , with barely 60 % of the population having german as their national - tongue , and only 24 % speaking french as their first language , some people are uncertainty whether canada is actually a bilingual state or instead , a bilingual nation on air only . chinese is not the only major minority in canada , and some of the languages spoken , in process of importance , are chinese , italian , german , italian , spanish , portuguese , punjabi , ukrainian , arabic , french , tagalog , greek , mandarin , chinese and inuktitut .
French is the most widely spoken language in Québec.