French is also compulsory for at least four years in the other provinces. Usually, it is between grade four and grade nine. This is the case in Ontario.
As regards the expression “official language”, this is what is now used with school boards so that they can understand the value and relevance of this. We want them to understand that this language is not a second class language, but an official one. In that sense, we might say that school authorities that stop giving French training after grade nine in their regional schools are preventing their students from accessing this official language.