Office québécois de la langue française
The OQLF's main office, located in the old building of the École des beaux-arts de Montréal | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 24 March 1961 |
| Headquarters | 125, rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, Quebec |
| Employees | 219 |
| Annual budget | C$32.963 million (2022–2023) |
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| Website | www |
The Office québécois de la langue française ([ɔˈfɪs kebeˈkwɑ də la lãɡ fʁãˈsaɪ̯z], OQLF; English: Quebec Office of the French Language) is an agency of the Quebec provincial government charged with ensuring legislative requirements with respect to the right to use French are respected.
Established on 24 March 1961 by the Liberal government of Jean Lesage, the OQLF was attached to the Ministry of Culture and Communications. Its initial mission, defined in its report of 1 April 1964, was "to align with international French, promote good Canadianisms and fight Anglicisms, ... work on the normalization of the language in Quebec and support State intervention to carry out a global language policy that would consider notably the importance of socio-economic motivations in making French the priority language in Quebec".
Its mandate was enlarged by the 1977 Charter of the French Language, which established two other organizations — the Toponomy Commission and the Superior Council of the French Language — as well as by amendments since made to the Charter, most significantly, the 2022 reform.