Children eligible for instruction in the minority official language, Hamilton CSD, Census 2021

Data quality: Total non-response (TNR) rate, short-form census questionnaire: 2.5% Total non-response (TNR) rate, long-form census questionnaire: 3.5% Notes: 203: Eligibility for instruction in the minority official language indicates whether a child is eligible for instruction at the primary and secondary levels in English in Quebec or in French in Canada outside Quebec pursuant to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms' criteria except citizenship. In the 2021 Census the child eligible for instruction in the minority official language is younger than 18 years of age on December 31 2020. More information on the variables related to instruction in the minority official language including definitions concepts and classifications the questions from which they are derived and data quality can be found in the Instruction in the Minority Official Language Reference Guide Census of Population 2021 and the Minority language educational rights: Technical report on changes for the 2021 Census. 204: Eligibility for instruction in the minority official language indicates whether a child is eligible for instruction at the primary and secondary levels in English in Quebec or in French in Canada outside Quebec pursuant to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms' criteria except citizenship. In the 2021 Census the child eligible for instruction in the minority official language is younger than 18 years of age on December 31 2020. However the total population for this profile is school-aged children born between 2003 and 2015 (inclusive) representing children 5 to 17 years of age on December 31 2020. For residents of Quebec instruction in the minority official language at the primary or secondary level in Canada refers to children who have been instructed for at least one year in an English-language school (including in a French immersion program in an English-language school) at the primary or secondary level in Canada. For residents of Canada outside Quebec it refers to children who have been instructed for at least one year in a regular French program in a French-language school (excluding in a French immersion program in an English-language school) at the primary or secondary level in Canada. More information on the variables related to instruction in the minority official language including definitions concepts and classifications the questions from which they are derived and data quality can be found in the Instruction in the Minority Official Language Reference Guide Census of Population 2021 and the Minority language educational rights: Technical report on changes for the 2021 Census.