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In 2021, nearly two-thirds of children eligible for instruction in the minority official language lived outside Quebec and one-third lived in Quebec

Infographic description

The title of the infographic is "In 2021, nearly two-thirds of children eligible for instruction in the minority official language lived outside Quebec and one-third lived in Quebec"

This is a horizontal bar chart.

The horizontal axis shows the number of eligible children, ranging from 0 to 400,000 in increments of 50,000.

The vertical axis shows the geographic area.

There are three sets of bars for each geographic area. The first bar represents the number of eligible children under 5 years of age, the second bar represents the number of eligible children aged 5 to 11, and the third bar represents the number of eligible children aged 12 to 17.

The first set of bars represents the number of eligible children in all of Canada in 2021, namely 215,000 eligible children under the age of 5, 369,000 eligible children aged 5 to 11, and 313,000 eligible children aged 12 to 17. This represents a total of 897,000 eligible children in Canada.

The second set of bars represents the number of eligible children in Quebec in 2021, namely 74,000 eligible children under the age of 5, 122,000 eligible children aged 5 to 11, and 108,000 eligible children aged 12 to 17. This represents a total of 304,000 eligible children in Quebec.

The third set of bars represents the number of eligible children in Canada outside Quebec in 2021, namely 141,000 eligible children under the age of 5, 247,000 eligible children aged 5 to 11, and 206,000 eligible children aged 12 to 17. This represents a total of 593,000 eligible children in Canada outside Quebec.

Source(s): Census of Population, 2021 (3901).