Table 4
Number and proportion of eligible children aged 5 to 17 years1 who have ever attended or are attending a minority official language school, Canada, Canada outside Quebec, provinces and territories,2 2021
Attended3 | Attended3 | Never attended | Never attended | Total eligible children | |
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number | % | number | % | number | |
Canada | 467,690 | 68.6 | 214,495 | 31.4 | 682,190 |
Quebec | 175,305 | 76.2 | 54,775 | 23.8 | 230,080 |
Canada outside Quebec | 292,385 | 64.7 | 159,725 | 35.3 | 452,110 |
Newfoundland and Labrador | 1,200 | 54.2 | 1,015 | 45.8 | 2,215 |
Prince Edward Island | 1,435 | 64.3 | 795 | 35.7 | 2,230 |
Nova Scotia | 8,070 | 63.3 | 4,680 | 36.7 | 12,745 |
New Brunswick | 29,980 | 80.6 | 7,235 | 19.4 | 37,215 |
Ontario | 179,995 | 67.1 | 88,255 | 32.9 | 268,250 |
Manitoba | 14,750 | 64.0 | 8,275 | 35.9 | 23,030 |
Saskatchewan | 7,000 | 59.7 | 4,725 | 40.3 | 11,720 |
Alberta | 24,675 | 49.6 | 25,055 | 50.4 | 49,735 |
British Columbia | 23,960 | 55.7 | 19,050 | 44.3 | 43,010 |
Yukon | 575 | 71.0 | 235 | 29.0 | 810 |
Northwest Territories | 525 | 66.9 | 260 | 33.1 | 785 |
Nunavut | 215 | 59.7 | 140 | 38.9 | 360 |
Source(s):
Census of Population, 2021 (3901).
Table note 1
In the 2021 Census, school-aged children were aged from 5 and 17 years as of December 31, 2020 (born between January 1, 2003, and December 31, 2015, inclusively).
Table note 2
To find out the number of eligible school-aged children (aged 5 to 17 years) who were attending or had ever attended a minority official language school in other geographies, see the Census Profile.
Table note 3
Includes children who were attending or had attended in the past, for at least one year, an English-language school in Canada, for residents of Quebec; or a regular French-language school program in Canada, for residents of other provinces and territories.
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