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Of the 1,110,000 newcomers who arrived in Canada between 2001 and 2006, 69% chose to settle in Toronto, Vancouver or Montreal. In contrast to Toronto and Vancouver, only 10% of 5 to 24 year-olds in Montreal spoke a language other than English or French at home.
Proportion of the school-age population (ages 5 to 24) with non-official home languages, selected census metropolitan areas (CMAs),1 1996, 2001 and 2006
1. The 10 CMAs in which this proportion was largest in 2006.
Chart source: Statistics Canada and Council of Ministers of Education. 2007. Education indicators in Canada: Report of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program. Catalogue Number 81-582-X. Ottawa. Chart A.2.3. Updated December 16, 2008.
High rates of immigration to these urban centres mean that the school populations are highly diverse, linguistically and culturally. This diversity has implications for teaching, support services and school dynamics. This creates challenges for school systems to meet the learning needs of large numbers of students who may be immigrants and not fluent in the language of instruction, in a school community where students may be from diverse cultural backgrounds.
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