Publications — Official languages
Canadian Heritage’s official languages annual reports
- 2024–2025 Annual Report
- 2023-2024 Annual Report
- 2022-2023 Annual Report
- 2021-2022 Annual Report
- 2020-2021 Annual Report
- 2019-2020 Annual Report
- 2018-2019 Annual Report
- 2017-2018 Annual Report
- 2016-2017 Annual Report
- 2015-2016 Annual Report
- 2014-2015 Annual Report
- 2013-2014 Annual Report (PDF version, 1.35 MB)
- 2012-2013 Annual Report (PDF version, 880 KB)
Previous annual reports are available on the Library and Archives Canada website.
Note: An Evaluation of Interdepartmental Coordination (in relation to section 42 of the Official Languages Act) 2013‑14 to 2017‑18 is available for consultation.
Tools for federal institutions
Note: These tools are being updated to reflect changes to Part VII in the modernized Official Languages Act. Please contact the Treasury Board Secretariat of Canada to obtain the new versions: OLCEInformationCELO@tbs-sct.gc.ca
- Official Language Requirements for Transfer Payments
- Guide on part VII of the Official Languages Act: Support to communities and promotion of English and French
- Reflection tool for the implementation of section 41 of the Official Languages Act
- Resource persons responsible for the implementation of section 41 of the Official Languages Act : Overview of roles and responsabilities
- Guide for Drafting Memoranda to Cabinet — Official Languages Impact Analysis
- Key questions to facilitate decision-making that may impact on the implementation of section 41 of the Official Languages Act
- Guiding principles for the consultation process with official language minority communities (OLMCs)
Resources
- Inventory of Federal Programs of Interest to Official Language Minority Communities
- Framework for the Vitality of Official-Language Minority Communities (OLMC)
- Fostering Appreciation and Cooperation Between English Speakers and French Speakers in Canada
- Best Practices Digest: Enhancing the Vitaly of Official Language Minority Communities and Supporting Their Development
- Best Practices Digest: Fostering the Full Recognition and Use of both English and French in Canadian Society
- Video – Official languages: are you the next Section 41 leader?
- Video – Take the lead and make official languages shine!
Demography and statistics
- Statistics on official languages in Canada
- Some facts on the Canadian Francophonie
- Official language minority communities with at least one school in the minority language
- Official Language Minority Communities Dashboard (2021)
- Official Language Minority Communities Vitality Barometer (2021)
- OLMC vitality composite indicators project — Detailed tables (2021)
Coordination
- Governance - Committee of Assistant Deputy Ministers on Official Languages (CADMOL)
- Action Plan for Official Languages 2023–2028: Protection-Promotion-Collaboration
- Action Plan for Official Languages 2023–2028: Protection – Promotion – Collaboration - Accountability Framework
- Horizontal Evaluation of the Roadmap for Canada's Official Languages 2013-2018: Education, Immigration, Communities and Evaluation of the Official Languages Coordination Program - Part of the Horizontal Coordination of the Roadmap for Canada's Official Languages 2013-2018: Education, Immigration, Communities - Period: 2013-2014 to 2016-2017
- Roadmap for Canada's Official Languages 2013-2018 : Education, Immigration, Communities
- Roadmap for Canada's Linguistic Duality 2008-2013 : Acting for the Future
Laws
Collaboration Agreements
Consultations
2022 Cross-Canada Official Languages Consultations
This resource is available on Canada's Open Government portal.
- Publisher:
- Canadian Heritage
- Publication Date:
- May 24, 2022
- Formats:
- HTML
2016 Cross-Canada Official Languages Consultations - Final Report
This resource is available on Canada's Open Government portal.
- Publisher:
- Canadian Heritage
- Publication Date:
- June 14, 2017
- Formats: