Official Languages Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. 31 (4th Supp.))

Marginal note:Regulations

• 32 (1) The Governor in Council may make regulations

  • (a) prescribing the circumstances in which there is significant demand for the purpose of paragraph 22(b) or subsection 23(1);

  • (b) prescribing circumstances not otherwise provided for under this Part in which federal institutions have the duty to ensure that any member of the public can communicate with and obtain available services from offices of the institution in either official language;

  • (c) prescribing services, and the manner in which those services are to be provided or made available, for the purpose of subsection 23(2);

  • (d) prescribing circumstances, in relation to the public or the travelling public, for the purpose of paragraph 24(1)(a) or (b); and

  • (e) defining the expression “English or French linguistic minority population” for the purpose of paragraph (2)(a).

• Marginal note:Where circumstances prescribed under paragraph (1)(a) or (b)

  (2) In prescribing circumstances under paragraph (1)(a) or (b), the Governor in Council may have regard to

  • (a) the number of persons composing the English or French linguistic minority population of the area served by an office or facility, the particular characteristics of that population and the proportion of that population to the total population of that area;

  • (b) the volume of communications or services between an office or facility and members of the public using each official language; and

  • (c) any other factors that the Governor in Council considers appropriate.