Official Languages committee  These are minority programs, French-language schools where everything is done in French, including management.

Official Languages committee  That is correct, but I do not have to address that issue since the objective was really to focus on immersion programs. I can tell you that the 2011 statistics we currently have show that approximately 148,000 students attend French-language schools. You must understand that imm

Official Languages committee  That depends on the nature of the data. Perhaps I can let my colleague answer your question.

Official Languages committee  That would be a project in itself, but it is possible. For example, Statistics Canada's website contains information on small municipalities. For the National Household Survey, that depends on geographic regions.

Official Languages committee  Bilingualism rates can be obtained for the various geographic units in Canada. However, if you want to take the analysis further, to try to understand the factors influencing or associated with higher or lower rates, you have to go further and conduct specific analyses based on t

Official Languages committee  That is an excellent question. For your information, the data on interprovincial migration and mobility will be available on June 26. Of course, the reason why we are seeing this kind of growth in British Columbia and Alberta is certainly not unrelated to the migration of Quebec

Official Languages committee  I might ask for the help of my colleague, François Nault, who has been director of the Centre for Education Statistics. But to answer your question, we need to know where these data come from, how they are collected, and who actually asked us to collect that information. Maybe I

Official Languages committee  I will answer your question by giving an example. In 2006 we conducted a post-censal survey on official language minorities. It was a very detailed survey, the objective of which was, really, to understand the various dimensions that contribute to the vitality of official langu

Official Languages committee  I agree with you. In recent years, people reacted when we noted the decline in bilingualism among young people in Canada. Some people may have been inclined to think that immersion programs were not working. The statistics we presented today show quite clearly how interest is inc

Official Languages committee  Yes, that is not impossible.

Official Languages committee  That is why I said earlier that this shows how important it is to study the matter in greater depth. We have figures showing that we should investigate further to explain what distinguishes those who maintain their skills from those who do not. Of course, the environment and work

Official Languages committee  I think that confirms the need to study the matter in greater—

Official Languages committee  No. It is more difficult. However, it would not be impossible to add a module to an existing survey so that we can ask relevant questions on the subject. I am thinking, for example, of the General Social Survey, which represents a sample of 25,000 people. We could put questions t

Official Languages committee  When we published the census data on October 24, there was very little information on the evolution of bilingualism. Many people are increasingly interested in the factors influencing the evolution of bilingualism over the years. I think that is somewhat the purpose of this study

Official Languages committee  Yes, absolutely. That information, which many people are interested in, is available in the data from censuses prior to 2011. It can be found in the National Household Survey, from which income information will be published in August. It is possible to determine average income b