Quebec language watchdog backtracks on pub sign it deemed too English
Aug 14, 2025 | 11:20 AM
MONTREAL — Quebec’s language watchdog has backed down after trying to get a well-known Montreal pub to change its sign.
The language office had instructed Pub Burgundy Lion to add French language to its sign because “burgundy” is an English word.
But co-owner Toby Lyle argued publicly that the name is a nod to a Montreal neighbourhood commonly called by its English name — Little Burgundy.
The watchdog now says that further analysis shows the pub’s signage does conform with Quebec’s language rules.
