Primary or secondary schooling in the minority official language in Canada of person

Status: This standard was approved as a departmental standard on March 19, 2024.

Definition

Primary or secondary schooling in the minority official language in Canada refers to residents of Quebec who have attended an English-language school at the primary or secondary levels and residents of Canada outside Quebec who have attended a regular French program in a French-language school at the primary or secondary levels.

A person is considered to have been schooled in the minority official language if they reported at least one year of schooling in the minority official language in Canada at the primary or secondary levels.

Person refers to an individual and is the unit of analysis for most social statistics programs.

Usage

Statistics derived on this variable should be based on persons who are aged 3 years and over.

'Minority official language' means English in Quebec and French in Canada outside Quebec.

'French immersion programs' in Canada outside of Quebec are not considered as schooling in the minority official language (i.e., French) as defined in this standard, as these programs are second language programs offered in English-language schools.

Conformity to relevant internationally recognized standards

There are no relevant internationally recognized standards.

Classifications

Relation to previous version

  • Primary or secondary schooling in the minority official language in Canada of person March 19, 2024 to current

    This is the current standard.

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