The province\u0027s language office has confirmed that the 48 cities, towns or boroughs that were notified their status could be revoked have taken the necessary action to remain bilingual.
More than half of the province’s 89 bilingual municipalities received those notices in December because their English-language populations ranged from less than 10 per cent to just under 50 per cent. All 48 passed the resolution, the language office said.
Even Otterburn Park, a town 40 kilometres east of Montreal, elected to keep its status despite having only 7.2 per cent of its citizens with English as a mother tongue. Municipalities that received notices are mostly located near the border with Ontario, in Montreal’s West Island or in the Laurentians and Eastern Townships areas, all of which have historically had large English-speaking populations.Article content
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