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Canada is
a bilingual country with two official languages, English and French.
The vast majority (75 per cent) of Canada's French-speaking inhabitants
live in the province of Québec, which is located in the eastern
part of the country but there are French-speaking communities
throughout the country.
According
to a 1991 census, French is the mother tongue of 82 per cent of
Québec's population and is spoken at home by 83 per cent of Québecers.
Internationally,
it is estimated that some 800 million people speak English and
250 million speak French. As a bilingual nation, Canada offers
superior English as a Second Language (ESL) and French as a Second
Language (FSL) training for students wishing to learn either or
both languages.
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