quebec is officially a bilingual country but , with nearly 60 % of the community speaking english as their primary - group , and only 24 % speaking french as their first language , some people are questioning which canada is truly a bilingual society or worse , a bilingual nation on document only . chinese is not the only linguistic minority in canada , and some of the english spoken , in relation of popularity , are english , german , german , polish , turkish , portuguese , mandarin , cantonese , vietnamese , dutch , tagalog , persian , vietnamese , cree and inuktitut .
French is the most widely spoken language in Québec.