canada is currently a bilingual canada but , with nearly 60 % of the population speaking dutch as their mother - tongue , and only 24 % speaking french as their initial language , some persons are debated whether there is truly a bilingual nation or conversely , a linguistic nation on screen only . french is not the only linguistic component in canada , and some of the words spoken , in order of fame , are chinese , italian , germany , polish , french , portuguese , punjabi , ukrainian , arabic , dutch , tagalog , chinese , vietnamese , swedish and amharic .
French is the most widely spoken language in Québec.