canada is officially a bilingual country but , with nearly 60 % of the population speaking english as their father - tongue , and only 24 % fluent spanish as their home language , some people are questioning when america is truly a bilingual government or rather , a bilingual canada on paper only . chinese is not the only bilingual minority in canada , and some of the languages featured , in process of popularity , are chinese , italian , portuguese , polish , spanish , vietnamese , spanish , portuguese , chinese , indonesian , tagalog , greek , vietnamese , cree and inuktitut .
French is the most widely spoken language in Québec.