Canada has two official languages: English and French. Both have equal status in Canada’s federal institutions, including Parliament, federal courts, and the national government.
Canada’s official bilingualism reflects the country’s British and French colonial history. English and French were given federal official-language status through the Official Languages Act of 1969, and those protections were reinforced by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in 1982. Federal laws are published in both languages, and eligible citizens can receive federal services in either one.
The two languages are not spoken equally everywhere. French is the dominant language in Quebec, while English is the majority language in most other provinces and territories. New Brunswick is officially bilingual at the provincial level. Canada also has many Indigenous languages, and several have official status within territories such as Nunavut and the Northwest Territories; that does not change the standard national answer to this quiz question.
A common mistake is to count every language with some legal recognition across Canada. The question asks for the country’s federal official languages, of which there are two.