I’ve completed the CCC test working for the federal government earlier this year. So in theory I am totally bilingual.
That being said, whenever any francophone hears my Anglo accent, they switch to English “for me”, meaning I can never just practice like I did when I was preparing for my tests at work.
I actually had my first positive franco-interaction in the wild just last month. Like a full interaction with a random person where they never switched to English after hearing my accent.
I was in Chelsea after hiking in Gatineau park, and someone pulled up their car next to me and asked me where a certain street was, and I told them “sorry, I don’t know, I’m not from around here”. It’s a small thing, but it felt good knowing it was the first time that had happened.