Quebec Bill 96 + Law 25, when does it apply to my Toronto Magento store?

Two different Quebec laws, both apply if your Toronto store ships to or markets to Quebec residents. Quebec Bill 96 (Loi 96), strengthened in 2025, mandates that French be the predominant language of any commercial interface seen by a Quebec resident, product names, descriptions, checkout, emails, invoices. Penalties up to C$30,000 per offence for businesses. Quebec Law 25 (privacy reform, fully in force Sept 2023+) requires a designated Data Protection Officer, 72-hour breach notification, explicit consent for cookies and analytics, and a documented privacy-impact assessment for any new feature. Two Toronto-merchant patterns we see: (a) ship a bilingual EN-CA + FR-CA Magento store-view with geo-IP routing so QC visitors land on FR-first; (b) geo-block QC from checkout entirely to avoid the compliance burden, we wire both, depending on your QC revenue exposure. We also configure Cookiebot or Klaro CMP with QC-specific consent text.