Table 6
Language spoken most often in the home relative to language of instruction at school, students in minority and majority language school systems, Canada and selected provinces, 2009

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Table 6
Language spoken most often in the home relative to language of instruction at school, students in minority and majority language school systems, Canada and selected provinces, 2009
Language of school system Language used most often at home compared to language of instruction at school
Same Different2
percent standard error percent standard error
Canada1  
Minority 67.0 (1.10)* 33.0 (1.10)*
Majority 86.6 (0.88)* 13.4 (0.88)*
Nova Scotia  
Minority 42.8 (5.63)* 57.2 (5.63)*
Majority 97.2 (0.50)* 2.8 (0.50)*E
New Brunswick  
Minority 87.1 (0.89)* 12.9 (0.89)*
Majority 94.3 (0.96)* 5.7 (0.96)*E
Quebec  
Minority 76.5 (1.80)* 23.5 (1.80)*
Majority 88.3 (1.68)* 11.7 (1.68)*
Ontario  
Minority 47.0 (1.71)* 53.0 (1.71)*
Majority 85.3 (1.55)* 14.7 (1.55)*
Manitoba  
Minority 49.2 (3.26)* 50.8 (3.26)*
Majority 86.7 (1.48)* 13.3 (1.48)*
Alberta  
Minority 49.0 (6.46)* 51.0 (6.46)*
Majority 87.9 (1.39)* 12.1 (1.39)*
British Columbia  
Minority 25.2 (4.63)*E 74.8 (4.63)*
Majority 80.5 (1.90)* 19.5 (1.90)*
* indicates a significant difference between minority and majority populations at the Canada level or within the same province
E use with caution
1. Includes all provinces except Newfoundland and Labrador.
2. In most instances when the language of instruction at school was different from the language used most often at home the language used at home was the other official language for minority language students and was an allophone language (neither English nor French) for majority language students - low cell counts for allophone students for minority language students and other official language students for majority language students required that "other official language" and "allophone language" be combined in the data for this table.
Source: Programme for International Student Assessment, 2009, OECD.
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