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New Brunswick, Canada’s only officially bilingual province

A bilingual road sign in New Brunswick pointing to Dieppe and the airport, photographed in 2012.
A bilingual road sign in New Brunswick pointing to Dieppe and the airport, photographed in 2012. Panneau bilingue Dieppe-Moncton · Doug Kerr · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.
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New Brunswick’s first Official Languages Act, enacted on 18 April 1969, made it Canada’s first and only officially bilingual province. The Act made English and French the province’s two official languages and recognized the right to receive provincial government services in either.

Scope & context

The province’s official bilingual status, not later amendments, the Charter provisions on New Brunswick or how many residents speak both languages.

Sources behind this record

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History of Official Languages ↗

Office of the Commissioner of Official Languages for New Brunswick

Historical Benchmarks: 1969