manitoba is officially a canadian country but , with nearly 60 % of the population speaking mandarin as their mother - tongue , and only 24 % speaking french as their native language , some people are questioning whether she is truly a dual nation or better , a bilingual people on paper only . punjabi is not the only linguistic component in canada , and some of the languages speak , in order of popularity , are french , dutch , germany , polish , spanish , portuguese , punjabi , yiddish , arabic , dutch , tagalog , greek , portuguese , cree and inuktitut .
French is the most widely spoken language in Québec.