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I know here it's common to see products labelled in English, French and Chinese in Vancouver these days, I've seen products labelled in Punjabi as well in certain areas of the country. Obviously, all products are in English and French.
 
Jer said:
It depends on the product, and where and how it’s sold. But for some products this has become the norm, yes.
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LooseCannon said:
I know here it's common to see products labelled in English, French and Chinese in Vancouver these days, I've seen products labelled in Punjabi as well in certain areas of the country. Obviously, all products are in English and French.
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Interesting. Was there any point when that became common or was it more of a slow process? I don't recall seeing Spanish on any imported goods when I lived in Canada back in the mid-90's.
Meaning, on the front of the packaging where the brand and product name is. Obviously the lists of ingredients always had multiple language versions.
 
Perun said:
Interesting. Was there any point when that became common or was it more of a slow process? I don't recall seeing Spanish on any imported goods when I lived in Canada back in the mid-90's.
Meaning, on the front of the packaging where the brand and product name is. Obviously the lists of ingredients always had multiple language versions.
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It was a slow process, and regional in most cases in the U.S. I would guess that Los Angeles and Miami becoming majority Latino cities in the 1970s and accelerating that demographic growth ever since has been a major factor in bilingual labeling decisions.

If I went to a store in Minnesota it would be rare to see bilingual labeling unless I specifically went to an ethnic store. But in a majority Latino area it would be a different story. It also depends on the product, and whether the vendor thinks it’s worth having separate packaging for different regions. Places without large Latino populations that are nowhere near the southern border are more likely to respond negatively to in-your-face bilingual labeling because it can feel like unnecessary encroachment on the de facto national language, while in majority Latino areas it feels more inclusive to the customer base.
 
If you want to sell a product in Canada, it will almost certainly be bilingual. That's one of the things that sunk Target in Canada - they didn't understand laws around bilingualism in importing, and they got fined like crazy.
 
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