Number of years of primary and 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

Number of years of primary and secondary schooling in the minority official language in Canada refers to the number of years of primary and secondary schooling in a regular French program in a French language school by residents of Canada outside Quebec or the number of years of primary and secondary schooling in an English language school by residents of Quebec.

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

Usage

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

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

Conformity to relevant internationally recognized standards

There are no relevant internationally recognized standards.

Classifications

Relation to previous version

  • Number of years of primary and 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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