1. Official Language Groups
French and English are official languages of Canada and citizens have to right to conduct federal affairs in either language
New Brunswick is an official bilingual province
Section 23, states any minority population of sufficient size has the right to publicly funded schools

2. Francophones in majority and minority settings
1608: Samuel de Champlain founds the city of Quebec
1774: Britain passes the Quebec Act
1867: Confederation establishes Canada as a bilingual, bicultural nation
1969: The Official Languages Act reasserts the equality of both languages
1982: The Charter confirms bilingualism and establishes minority education rights

3. Francophone Education
The BNA Act guaranteed public schools for the Protestant minority in Quebec and the Catholic minorities in the rest of Canada
Religion-based rights corresponded to English-French language divisions

4. Did You Know?
1890: Manitoba entered Confederation as a bilingual province but the Manitoba Schools Act abolished public funding for Catholic schools making Manitoba officially a English only province

5. Did You Know?
1892: Before Alberta became a province, it was a part of the NWT which was officially bilingual
The Haultain Resolution was proposed and passed calling for proceedings to be English only and all instruction in school was now English