Education
From Portraits of English Speaking Quebec
According to the 2006 Canadian census:
- In Quebec, the language of education of children of English-speaking parents is not always a matter of choice for parents. In most cases, this choice exists for children whose parents are Canadian citizens and had their elementary schooling in English in Canada. Other very specific criteria also allow parents to register their children in English schools. All other children must generally attend French schools as required under Quebec legislation.
The vitality survey shows that:
- 49% of the children of English-speaking parents were registered in an English elementary or secondary school.
- Of the 32,300 children who had two Anglophone parents, 78% were registered in English schools
- Among the children registered in a French-language school, one-third had parents who would have preferred to register them in a minority English school, however, the parents of 91% of these children stated they considered it ‘very important’ or ‘important’ for their children to be able to conduct a conversation in French.
- When one spouse was Anglophone and the other francophone, only 37% of children were registered in an English school.
For more information
- Survey on the Vitality of Official-Language Minorities by Statistics Canada.
- Statistics Canada:Jean-Pierre Corbeil, Claude Grenier and Sylvie Lafrenière
- The survey was designed to offer a better understanding of the linguistic life of official-language minorities, and provide information on whether members of such minority communities live their lives in the minority language.
- http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/91-548-x/91-548-x2007001-eng.pdf
- Minorities Speak Up: Results of the Survey on the Vitality of Official-Language Minorities
- Statistics Canada: Corbeil, Jean-Pierre, Grenier, Claude, Lafrenière, Sylvie A
- This survey pertains to the vitality of Canada's official-language minorities, namely Anglophones in Quebec and Francophone outside of Quebec. The information collected allows for a more in- depth understanding of the current situation of individuals who belong to these groups on subjects as diverse as instruction in the language of the minority or access to different services in the language of the minority (i.e., health care), as well as language practices both at home and outside of the home.
- http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/91-548-x/91-548-x2007001-eng.pdf
- Ministère de l’Éducation, récreation et sport
- http://www.mels.gouv.qc.ca/GR-PUB/m_englis.htm
- Ministère de l’immigration, et Communautés culturelles:
- http://www.immigration-quebec.gouv.qc.ca/en/education/finding-education/index.html
