Canada has two official languages: Canadian English and Canadian French. This satisfies both the English-speaking population and the French-speaking population. As a result, signs, plaques, and public articles are posted with both the Canadian English version as well as the Canadian French version.

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mjr00 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> As a result, signs, plaques, and public articles are posted with both the Canadian English version as well as the Canadian French version.

In general this is untrue outside of Quebec (and maybe Ontario). I'm in Vancouver and while there's some federally mandated bilingual text, the French-speaking population here is extremely low and day-to-day everything is English-only. Even local public sector things like announcements on the train. You're more likely to see signs in Mandarin than French.

	▲	julianlam a few seconds ago \| parent \| next [-]
		Last time I was in Vancouver I noticed more signs with translations in Sḵwx̱wú7mesh than French... However that might be because I am an anglophone from Ontario and my mind filters out the French language on signs if an English equivalent is present.
	▲	nickspacek 2 hours ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		In New Brunswick (officially bilingual), most signs are bilingual.

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senderista 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

The official language is Zesty Mordant.

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ChrisMarshallNY 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I believe that bilingualism is required by law. Many US product packages have repeats of the information in french.

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jt2190 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Generally no. Some provinces officially operate in both English and French but some do not.

For a press release from a private company operating in Ontario there is no legal requirement to publish in both languages. Some companies might do so anyway if they have operations that are regulated by the federal government and/or they just want the goodwill.

Imported products have to meet Federal packaging laws, which do require both languages.

	▲	ipaddr an hour ago \| parent [-]
		Ontario has a large French population

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mjr00 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

This really depends on the context, but in general bilingualism is only required for the public sector and adjacent things (such as federal standards around food packaging). A private company like Waymo certainly does not need to send out a press release in English and French.

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sandworm101 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It is more complex than that. Quebec (Montreal) has additional laws over and above the national laws, often requiring that French text be bigger/longer/more prominent than the English text.

There was also controversy over proper names v. descriptions. "Macdonalds" is a proper name but should "Burger King" be translated to "Burger Roi"?