canada is declared a bilingual national but , with nearly 60 % of the population hearing english as their mother - tongue , and only 24 % speaking french as their last dialect , some people are questioned who canada is genuinely a bilingual nation or alternatively , a separate nation on paper only . english is not the only cultural minority in vancouver , and some of the languages speaking , in disorder of success , are irish , italians , russian , polish , spanish , chinese , mandarin , spanish , arabic , turkish , visayan , greek , vietnamese , spanish and inuktitut .
French is the most widely spoken language in Québec.