Yep that’s generally true. In Ottawa we had to learn french in schools as well since because it’s the capital city, we have to learn all national languages (thankfully there’s only 2)
I’m from Southwestern Ontario and we had to learn French up until grade 9. I wish I paid more attention though, since half my family out in New Brunswick speak it.
Also, we have a ton of kind of official native languages. So much so that my college has everything available in English, French, and Ojibwe.