Table 6
Proportion of eligible children aged 5 to 17 years1 who have ever attended or are attending a minority official language school,2 by distance from place of residence to the nearest minority official language school3 and by urban or rural areas,4 Canada, Canada outside Quebec, provinces and territories, 2021
| Less than 1 km | 1 km to less than 2 km | 2 km to less than 5 km | 5 km to less than 10 km | 10 km to less than 15 km | 15 km to less than 20 km | 20 km or more | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % | % | % | % | % | % | % | % | |
| Canada | 78.6 | 72.6 | 66.9 | 63.5 | 59.1 | 55.2 | 47.0 | 68.5 |
| Urban area | 78.4 | 72.0 | 65.2 | 59.8 | 54.6 | 50.7 | 47.9 | 68.7 |
| Rural area | 86.8 | 84.8 | 80.6 | 72.1 | 63.2 | 58.1 | 46.3 | 67.3 |
| Quebec | 82.3 | 77.9 | 72.7 | 69.9 | 67.6 | 66.8 | 64.6 | 76.1 |
| Urban area | 82.3 | 77.9 | 72.4 | 68.9 | 64.7 | 64.1 | 65.7 | 76.9 |
| Rural area | 88.3 | 81.3 | 75.8 | 71.6 | 69.7 | 68.1 | 63.9 | 70.8 |
| Canada outside Quebec | 75.5 | 69.3 | 65.0 | 61.4 | 55.5 | 51.2 | 41.0 | 64.7 |
| Urban area | 74.9 | 68.2 | 62.6 | 57.2 | 51.0 | 47.1 | 42.1 | 64.4 |
| Rural area | 86.4 | 85.5 | 81.7 | 72.4 | 60.0 | 54.1 | 40.0 | 66.0 |
Source(s):
Census of Population, 2021 (3901) and Official Language Minority Schools Database, 2022.
Table note 1
Includes eligible school-aged children (aged 5 to 17 years as of December 31, 2020) not living on reserve or in Nunavik because the schools located there are not under the jurisdiction of a minority official language school authority, with very few exceptions.
Table note 2
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.
Table note 3
The distance between eligible children and the nearest official language minority school is the distance, as the crow flies, between the centre of the block where the eligible child lives and the exact coordinates of the nearest official language minority school located in his province or territory of residence located in his province or territory of residence.
Table note 4
Urban children are the eligible children whose place of residence is in population centres, while rural children live outside population centres.
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