Quebec Anglophones Who Stayed and Those Who Left A Comparison of Key Characteristics, 1971 to 2001

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Quebec Anglophones Who Stayed and Those Who
LeftA Comparison of Key Characteristics, 1971
to 2001

• William Floch
• Manager, Official Languages Research
• Department of Canadian Heritage
• March 1, 2008, Montreal

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Population Under Consideration

• Population being studied consists of those
  persons born in Quebec having English as their
  mother tongue. This population is then divided
  into two groups
• Those who continue to live in Quebec at the time
  of a given census taking
• Those who have moved from Quebec to another
  Canadian province or territory
• Sample does not include those born in Canada who
  may now be living outside Canada
• Multiple responses are distributed equally among
  declared languages

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Retention RateCanadas Official-Language
Minority Communitiesby Province, Population 15
2001
50
Note retention rate is the percentage of those
born in a particular province who still live in
that province.
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Retention RateCanadas Official-Language
Majority Populations by Province, (15), 2001
96
Note retention rate is the percentage of those
born in a particular province who still live in
that province.
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Retention Rates - MMI
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Retention Rates Linguistic Communities
1971-2001
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Retention Rates by Language Group and Age
Group, 2001
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Those who stayed / those who left, 1971-2001
Quebec AnglophonesEnglish Mother Tongue, Born
in Quebec
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Highest Level of Schooling

• For Anglophones Born in Quebec,
• by Province of Residence,
• 1971-2001

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Anglophones Born in Quebec, by Current Province
of Residence, by Highest Level of Schooling, 1971
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Anglophones Born in Quebec, by Current Province
of Residence, by Highest Level of Schooling, 2001
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Official Languages Groups in CanadaRetention
Rate by Highest Level of Schooling, 2001
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Anglophones born in Quebec

• By Labour Force Activity
• and Province of Residence,
• 1971-2001

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Anglophones Born in Quebec, by Current Province
of Residence, by Labour Force Activity, 1971
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Anglophones Born in Quebec, by Current Province
of Residence, by Labour Force Activity, 1981
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Anglophones Born in Quebec, by Current Province
of Residence, by Labour Force Activity, 1991
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Anglophones Born in Quebec, by Current Province
of Residence, by Labour Force Activity, 2001
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Retention Rate of Those with Doctoral
DegreesCanadas Official-Language Minority
Communitiesby Province, 2001
Note retention rate is the percentage of those
born in a particular province who still live in
that province.
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Quebec Anglophone and Francophone
Youth, Expected
Destinations

• Of youth who expect to move in the next 5 years
• 80 of Francophones think it will be to another
  place within Quebec, compared to 30 of
  Anglophones
• 60 of Anglophones think it will be outside
  Quebec, compared to 13 of Francophones

Expected Destination - Migrants
Comparison of Anglophone and Francophone Youth
100.0
80.0
60.0
41.1
40.9
39.3
40.0
22.0
19.5
20.0
10.1
7.5
7.1
7.1
5.4
0.0
the same region
in another province
DNK/Refusal
a different region
out of the country
Anglophone Youth
Francophone Youth
Source Canadian Heritage based on data from
Crop/Missisquoi Institute, 2000. "N" refers to
the number of youth (18-29).