Ontario is broken down into regions: the North, the South, the Toronto region, the Ottawa region and the rest of the province. This will provide us with information that will help us take into account the percentage of francophones in the regions. It is difficult to do the same thing outside these two provinces for obvious reasons having to do with sample sizes. For example, we would certainly like to have large enough population groups in Manitoba or Saskatchewan. The advantage is that we develop a concentration index in the survey on vitality. The variable will be used. For example, in a scale of one to ten, someone in British Columbia could live in a region with an index of eight, which is a high concentration of francophones. However, British Columbia may not be a good example, because francophones are scattered throughout the province. The same is true of Toronto. This concentration index does allow us to take into account the concentration of francophones in the particular region. The same is true of anglophones in Quebec.
On October 17th, 2006. See this statement in context.