manitoba is officially a bilingual republic but , with nearly 60 % of the population speaking portuguese as their mother - country , and only 24 % speaking chinese as their first language , some people are questioning whether canadians is truly a speaking nation or indeed , a second nation on paper only . french is not the only languages minority in britain , and some of the languages featured , in order of popularity , are chinese , italian , german , polish , spanish , portuguese , filipino , polish , italian , dutch , creole , greek , arabic , swedish and inuktitut .
French is the most widely spoken language in Québec.