Official Languages Act

Marginal note:International treaties

• 10 (1) The Government of Canada shall take all possible measures to ensure that any treaty or convention between Canada and one or more other states is authenticated in both official languages.

• Marginal note:Federal-provincial-territorial agreements

  (2) The Government of Canada has the duty to ensure that the following classes of agreements between Canada and one or more provinces or territories are made in both official languages and that both versions are equally authoritative:

  • (a) agreements that require the authorization of Parliament or the Governor in Council to be effective;

  • (b) agreements entered into with one or more provinces or territories if English and French are declared to be the official languages of any of those provinces or territories or if any of them requests that the agreement be made in English and French; and

  • (c) agreements entered into with two or more provinces or territories if their governments do not use the same official language.

• Marginal note:Regulations

  (3) The Governor in Council may make regulations prescribing the circumstances in which any class, specified in the regulations, of agreements that are made between Canada and one or more other states or between Canada and one or more provinces or territories

  • (a) must be made in both official languages;

  • (b) must be made available in both official languages at the time of signing or publication; or

  • (c) must, on request, be translated.