Table 1 
Eligibility for instruction in the minority official language1 of children younger than 18 years2 (number and proportion), Canada, Canada outside Quebec, provinces and territories,3 2021 

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Eligibility for instruction in the minority official language of children younger than 18 years (number and proportion), Canada, Canada outside Quebec, provinces and territories, 2021
  Eligible children Eligible children Non-eligible children Non-eligible children Total children younger than 18 years
  number % number % number
Canada 897,205 12.2 6,438,600 87.8 7,335,800
Quebec 303,835 18.1 1,373,745 81.9 1,677,585
Canada outside Quebec 593,365 10.5 5,064,850 89.5 5,658,220
Newfoundland and Labrador 2,955 3.5 82,310 96.5 85,265
Prince Edward Island 2,870 9.8 26,430 90.2 29,300
Nova Scotia 16,800 10.0 151,665 90.0 168,465
New Brunswick 49,335 36.0 87,665 64.0 137,000
Ontario 349,875 12.6 2,431,540 87.4 2,781,415
Manitoba 30,475 10.1 271,605 89.9 302,080
Saskatchewan 15,535 5.8 251,060 94.2 266,595
Alberta 67,140 6.9 904,245 93.1 971,390
British Columbia 55,575 6.3 828,550 93.7 884,130
Yukon 1,160 14.1 7,050 85.9 8,210
Northwest Territories 1,110 10.9 9,080 89.1 10,195
Nunavut 530 3.7 13,645 96.2 14,180
Source(s):
Census of Population, 2021 (3901).

Table note 1

Eligibility for instruction in the minority official language indicates whether a child is eligible for instruction at the primary and secondary levels in English in Quebec or in French in Canada outside Quebec, pursuant to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms' criteria, except citizenship.

Table note 2

In the 2021 Census, children eligible for instruction in the minority official language were aged younger than 18 years as of December 31, 2020 (born in 2003 or later).

Table note 3

To find out the number and proportion of eligible children in other geographies, see the Census Profile.
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