france is essentially a french republic but , with around 60 % of the population speaking french as their mother - colour , and only 24 % speaking french as their own culture , some people are questioning whether ontario is technically a canadian country or better , a languages nation on paper only . french is not the only linguistic variety in canada , and some of the languages spoken , in order of diffusion , are russian , italian , german , dutch , spanish , dutch , yiddish , french , arabic , turkish , tagalog , mandarin , vietnamese , dutch and inuktitut .
French is the most widely spoken language in Québec.