Table 7 
Schooling in the minority official language of the province of residence (number and proportion) by type of program, people aged 5 years and older,1 Canada, Canada outside Quebec, provinces and territories, 2021 

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Schooling in the minority official language of the province of residence (number and proportion) by type of program, people aged 5 years and older, Canada, Canada outside Quebec, provinces and territories, 2021
  Regular program2 Regular program2 Regular and immersion program3 Regular and immersion program3 Immersion4 Immersion4 Never attended5 Never attended5 Total
  number % number % number % number % number
Canada 2,161,060 6.3 137,380 0.4 1,639,315 4.8 30,427,250 88.5 34,365,005
Quebec 965,570 12.3 ... ... ... ... 6,888,300 87.7 7,853,875
Canada outside Quebec 1,195,495 4.5 137,380 0.5 1,639,315 6.2 23,538,950 88.8 26,511,135
Newfoundland and Labrador 4,635 1.0 1,025 0.2 30,520 6.3 445,415 92.5 481,595
Prince Edward Island 5,470 3.8 665 0.5 15,580 10.9 121,485 84.8 143,210
Nova Scotia 34,230 3.8 4,605 0.5 69,870 7.7 803,600 88.1 912,305
New Brunswick 209,170 28.9 4,860 0.7 78,585 10.8 431,860 59.6 724,470
Ontario 694,605 5.2 74,815 0.6 884,120 6.6 11,644,005 87.6 13,297,550
Manitoba 44,840 3.7 9,230 0.8 75,380 6.2 1,092,880 89.4 1,222,335
Saskatchewan 17,225 1.7 4,545 0.4 42,565 4.1 965,170 93.8 1,029,505
Alberta 86,135 2.2 19,430 0.5 187,710 4.8 3,617,545 92.5 3,910,820
British Columbia 94,810 2.0 17,475 0.4 248,170 5.3 4,322,405 92.3 4,682,860
Yukon 2,115 5.7 360 1.0 3,260 8.8 31,495 84.6 37,225
Northwest Territories 1,475 3.9 295 0.8 2,965 7.9 32,615 87.3 37,350
Nunavut 785 2.5 70 0.2 590 1.8 30,475 95.5 31,915
...
not applicable
Source(s):
Census of Population, 2021 (3901).

Table note 1

In the 2021 Census, the people aged 5 years and older on December 31, 2020, were those born before 2016.

Table note 2

Includes people who were attending or had attended in the past, for at least one year, an English-language school in Canada, for the residents of Quebec; or a regular French program in a French-language school in Canada, without ever having attended a French immersion program in an English-language school in Canada, for the residents of the other provinces and the territories.

Table note 3

Includes residents of Canada outside Quebec who were attending or had attended in the past, for at least one year, a regular French program in a French-language school in Canada and a French immersion program in an English-language school in Canada.

Table note 4

Includes residents of Canada outside Quebec who were attending or had attended in the past, for at least one year, a French immersion program in an English-language school in Canada, without ever having attended a regular French program in a French-language school in Canada.

Table note 5

Includes people who were not attending and had never attend an English-language school in Canada for the residents of Quebec, or a regular French program in a French-language school in Canada or a French immersion program in an English-language school in Canada, for the residents of the other provinces and the territories.
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