List of Bilingual Regions of Canada for Language-of-Work Purposes

Regions of Canada prescribed under subsection 35(2) of the Official Languages Act

The following is a copy of the list of regions of Canada set out in the Treasury Board and Public Service Commission Circular No. 1977-46 of September 30, 1977, in Annex B of the part entitled "Official Languages in the Public Service of Canada: A Statement of Policies".

A. The National Capital Region

B. The Province of New Brunswick

C. The bilingual region of Montreal

The county of Deux-Montagnes including:
1. Cities
  - Deux-Montagnes
  - Ste-Scholastique
2. Towns
  - Oka-sur-le-Lac
  - St-Eustache
The county of Île-de-Montréal and Île-Jésus including:
1. Cities
  - Beaconsfield
  - Côte-St-Luc
  - Dorval
  - Lachine
  - LaSalle
  - Laval
  - Montréal
  - Montréal-Nord
  - Outremont
  - Pierrefonds
  - Pointe-aux-Trembles
  - Pointe-Claire
  - St-Laurent
  - St-Léonard
  - Verdun
  - Westmount
2. Towns
  - Anjou
  - Baie-d'Urfé
  - Dollard-des-Ormeaux
  - Hampstead
  - Île-Dorval
  - Kirkland
  - Montréal-Est
  - Montréal-Ouest
  - Mont-Royal
  - Roxboro
  - Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue
  - Ste-Geneviève
  - St-Pierre
The county of La Prairie including:
1. Towns
  - Brossard
  - Candiac
  - Delson
  - La Prairie
The county of Vaudreuil including:
1. Towns
  - Dorion
  - Hudson
  - Île-Cadieux
  - Île-Perrot
  - Pincourt
  - Pointe-du-Moulin
  - Rigaud
  - Vaudreuil

D. The bilingual regions of "other parts of Quebec"

The county of Bonaventure including:
1. Town
  - New-Richmond
The county of Gaspé-Est including:
1. Cities
  - Gaspé
  - Percé
2. Town
  - Chandler
The county of Brome including:
1. Towns
  - Bromont
  - Lac-Brome
  - Sutton
The county of Compton including:
1. Towns
  - Cookshire
  - East-Angus
  - Scotstown
  - Waterville
The county of Huntingdon including:
1. Town
  - Huntingdon
The county of Missisquoi including:
1. City
  - Farnham
2. Towns
  - Bedford
  - Cowansville
The county of Richmond including:
1. Towns
  - Asbestos
  - Bromptonville
  - Danville
  - Richmond
  - Windsor
The county of Sherbrooke including:
1. City
  - Sherbrooke
2. Town
  - Lennoxville
The county of Stanstead including:
1. City
  - Magog
2. Towns
  - Coaticook
  - Rock Island
The county of Argenteuil including:
1. City
  - Lachute
2. Town
  - Barkmere
The county of Pontiac
- (excluding those sections of the county located in the National Capital Region)

E. The bilingual region of Eastern Ontario

The county of Glengarry including:
1. Town
  - Alexandria
The county of Prescott including:
1. Towns
  - Hawkesbury
  - Vankleek Hill
The county of Russell including:
1. Town
  - Rockland
  - (excluding those sections of the county located in the National Capital Region)
The county of Stormont including:
1. City
  - Cornwall

F. The bilingual region of Northern Ontario

The county of Algoma including:
1. City
  - Sault Ste Marie
2. Towns
  - Blind River
  - Bruce Mines
  - Thessalon
The county of Cochrane including:
1. Towns
  - Cochrane
  - Hearst
  - Iroquois Falls
  - Kapuskasing
  - Smooth Rock Falls
  - Timmins
The county of Nipissing including:
1. City
  - North Bay
2. Towns
  - Bonfield
  - Cache Bay
  - Mattawa
  - Sturgeon Falls
The county of Sudbury including:
1. City
  - Sudbury
2. Towns
  - Capreol
  - Coniston
  - Copper Cliff
  - Espanola
  - Levack
  - Lively
  - Massey
  - Webbwood
The county of Timiskaming including:
1. Towns
  - Charlton
  - Cobalt
  - Englehart
  - Latchford
  - New Liskeard