The Official Languages Act is federal legislation establishing English and French as Canada's official languages and setting out rights and obligations for bilingual federal services. The Act requires federal institutions to provide services in both languages where there is significant demand or where the nature of the office warrants bilingual service. While municipalities are not directly subject to federal language legislation, they may be affected when delivering services under federal programs, operating federal facilities, or serving communities with official language minorities. Provinces have their own language legislation, and municipalities in officially bilingual New Brunswick have specific French-English service obligations.