Canada's languages have equality of status.
Canada . The country is officially bilingual at the federal level . The Official Languages Act ( French : Loi sur les langues officielles ) is a Canadian law that came into force on September 9 , 1969 , which gives French and English equal status in the government of Canada . The official languages of Canada are English and French , which `` have equality of status and equal rights and privileges as to their use in all institutions of the Parliament and Government of Canada , '' according to Canada 's constitution .