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 

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Number and proportion of eligible children aged 5 to 17 years who have ever attended or are attending a minority official language school, Canada, Canada outside Quebec, provinces and territories, 2021
  Attended3 Attended3 Never attended Never attended Total eligible children
  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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