Infographic 6
In Canada outside Quebec, more than 75% of eligible school-age children living within less than 1 km of a French-language school attended or had previously attended such a school, compared to about half of children living 10 km or more away in 2021

Infographic description

The title of the infographic is "In Canada outside Quebec, more than 75% of eligible school-age children living within less than 1 km of a French-language school attended or had previously attended such a school, compared to about half of children living 10 km or more away in 2021"

This is a vertical bar chart.

The vertical axis shows the percentage of children eligible for instruction in the minority official language who attended a minority official language school, from 0% to 90%, in 10% increments.

The horizontal axis shows the geographic area, namely Canada, Quebec, and Canada outside Quebec.

The first bar represents the percentage of eligible children who attended a minority language school and lived less than 1 kilometre from the closest minority language school, namely 78.6% in Canada, 82.3% in Quebec and 75.5% in Canada outside Quebec.

The second bar represents the percentage of eligible children who attended a minority language school and lived 1 to less than 2 kilometres from the closest minority language school, namely 72.6% in Canada, 77.9% in Quebec and 69.3% in Canada outside Quebec.

The third bar represents the percentage of eligible children who attended a minority language school and lived 2 to less than 5 kilometres from the closest minority language school, namely 66.9% in Canada, 72.7% in Quebec and 65.0% in Canada outside Quebec.

The fourth bar represents the percentage of eligible children who attended a minority language school and lived 5 to less than 10 kilometres from the closest minority language school, namely 63.5% in Canada, 69.9% in Quebec and 61.4% in Canada outside Quebec.

The fifth bar represents the percentage of eligible children who attended a minority language school and lived 10 to less than 15 kilometres from the closest minority language school, namely 59.1% in Canada, 67.6% in Quebec and 55.5% in Canada outside Quebec.

The sixth bar represents the percentage of eligible children who attended a minority language school and lived 15 to less than 20 kilometres from the closest minority language school, namely 55.2% in Canada, 66.8% in Quebec and 51.2% in Canada outside Quebec.

The seventh bar represents the percentage of eligible children who attended a minority language school and lived 20 kilometres or more from the closest minority language school, namely 47.0% in Canada, 64.6% in Quebec and 41.0% in Canada outside Quebec.

Note(s): School attendance is the percentage of eligible children aged 5 to 17 who had attended or were attending a minority language school. The number of kilometres is the distance between the children's place of residence and the closest minority language school.

Source(s): Census of Population, 2021 (3901) and Official Language Minority Schools Database, 2022.