Canada is a state located in the very center of North America. Country of large forests, beavers and, of course, hockey. In addition, it is a former Anglo-French colony with its own characteristics and local flavor.
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There are as many as two national languages in the state of Canada. This is spelled out in the state constitution, and it is not surprising that Canadian citizens speak both French and English in public. Moreover, the languages / u200b / u200bare not spread evenly. Almost 67% of the country's population uses English for communication. At the same time, they speak it both at home and at work. Just over 20% speak French, not wanting to use another language to communicate. They are mainly residents of the province of Quebec, which has strong French roots.
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Quite a lot, more than 17% of the country's population, prefer to speak both state languages. These are mainly business people engaged in active trade in various provinces of Canada. But there are also people who do not understand either of the two state languages. These are representatives of migrants, who come to the country more and more every year. People who do not speak either English or French account for about 2% of the total number of people living in the country.
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Population migration is taking place all over the world, so in any prosperous country you can meet representatives from all parts of the world. This explains the fact that in Canada, people speak almost 200 languages and dialects. The most common languages that do not have official status are the following: Chinese (for 2.6% of the population), Punjabi (0.8%), Spanish (0.7%), Italian (0.6%) and Ukrainian (0, five %). Of these, the most commonly used language is Chinese. Canadians who prefer small talk in this language make up almost 3% of the total number of people living in the country. In the neighborhoods where Chinese migrants live, it is impossible to hear speech other than Chinese. And only in case of special need, these citizens resort to the services of the state languages.
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But the Chinese are not the only members of the world community who come to Canada for permanent residence. There are quite a few representatives of Spain and Italy here. Therefore, it is not surprising to hear these common speech groups. Local dialects are no less widespread, in which the languages of the Indian peoples and the colonists who arrived on their territory are mixed. This is what explains such a large number of different linguistic forms used on the territory of this state.
