This law prescribes that English and French are the two official languages of New Brunswick and have equal status in all provincial government institutions.
The original text has been analyzed by the Official Languages and Bilingualism Institute (OLBI) at the University of Ottawa.
In 1993, the Charter was modified by the insertion of section 16.1 which guarantees the equality of English-speaking and French-speaking residents of New Brunswick.
In 2002, a new Official Languages Act was adopted by the Progressive Conservative government of Bernard Lord, replacing the 1969 Act, in order to include all the constitutional obligations of the province toward the two official languages imposed by the Charter.
It also considers matters such as reasonable criteria for the translation of municipal laws, and the revision of the act every 10 years.