In fact, it's neither one nor the other. We are trying here to define the group of people to be taken into account. Some parts of the Official Languages Regulations determine how many of those people must make a request for the service to be provided. Afterwards, that is divided according to whether the catchment area includes 1 million persons, fewer than 500,000 or fewer than 5,000. Afterwards, there are other criteria.
On October 30th, 2018. See this statement in context.