What is an official language minority?

• A. A group that is the majority population in a province.
• B. A group that speaks one of Canada's official languages (English or French) and does not make up the majority population of a province or territory.
• C. A group that has no language rights.
• D. The group that forms the majority in every province.

Answer: (B)

An official language minority means a group that speaks one of Canada’s official languages (English or French) but is not the majority language group in a given province or territory. This matters because linguistic minorities have rights to receive government services and education in their language under Canadian laws, even though they are not the majority in that place. For example, an English-speaking community in Quebec is an official language minority there, and they have certain language rights despite not being the majority. The other options don’t fit because a majority in a province isn’t a minority, a group with no language rights isn’t accurate since minorities do have protections, and being the majority in every province isn’t possible.