Ontario Receives Annual Report on French-Language Services

June 5, 2013

Ontario Government Supports Francophone Communities

A report that will help Ontario build on its commitment to improving French-language services was received today from the province’s French Language Services Commissioner.Commissioner François Boileau congratulated the government on actions that have helped improve the delivery of French-language services in the past year, including:

• Creating a strategy to increase the number of francophone immigrants to Ontario.
• Promoting equal access to justice in French.
• Funding for 13 new French-language school initiatives to better meet local needs.
• Committing to provide better access to postsecondary French-language education.
• Committing to enhance French-language services for regulatory bodies such as the College of Nurses of Ontario.
• Recognizing diversity within the francophone community.

QUICK FACTS

• The Office of the French Language Services Commissioner was created in 2007. Its mandate includes monitoring the progress made by government ministries and agencies in the delivery of French-language services in Ontario.

LEARN MORE

• Read the Annual Report on French Language Services 
• Discover Ontario’s Francophone community 

CONTACTS

Thomas Chanzy
Minister’s Office
416-325-5211

Charles Jean Sucsan
Communications Branch
416-325-4968

Office of Francophone Affairs
http://www.ontario.ca/francophone

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