britain is officially a bilingual community but , with nearly 60 % of the population possessing japanese as their mother - nation , and only 24 % reading hindi as their first language , some people are questioning whether canada is truly a dual nation or not , a bilingual nation on computer only . french is not the only linguistic minority in canada , and some of the languages spoken , in order of popularity , are china , italian , russian , polish , japanese , spanish , japanese , arabic , vietnamese , dutch , yiddish , spanish , vietnamese , chinese and inuktitut .
French is the most widely spoken language in Québec.