census Archives - Teaching Kids News Readable, teachable news. Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:37:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://teachingkidsnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-TKN_square_blk-32x32.jpg census Archives - Teaching Kids News 32 32 More Canadian Kids Taking French Immersion https://teachingkidsnews.com/2013/01/29/1-more-canadian-kids-taking-french-immersion/ https://teachingkidsnews.com/2013/01/29/1-more-canadian-kids-taking-french-immersion/#comments Wed, 30 Jan 2013 03:39:29 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=8945 More Canadian students are signing up for French immersion, according to a report by Statistics Canada.

Even though the number of students in Canada is going down, the number of students taking French immersion has gone up by 12 per cent in the last five years. That information is based on the 2011 census.

The trend is particularly strong out west. Over the past 12 years, the number of students in British Columbia and Alberta taking French immersion has risen steadily. The number in Saskatchewan and Ontario are also climbing.

French immersion is when a student whose first language is not French, studies in French.

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The “Average Canadian Family” Has Changed https://teachingkidsnews.com/2012/09/23/1-the-average-canadian-family-has-changed-according-to-new-census-data/ https://teachingkidsnews.com/2012/09/23/1-the-average-canadian-family-has-changed-according-to-new-census-data/#comments Mon, 24 Sep 2012 00:00:53 +0000 https://teachingkidsnews.com/?p=7401 Do you think you live in an average family?

According to the latest Census of Population, published by Statistics Canada, “average” has changed.

Every five years, Canadians are asked questions about their families and their life.

For instance, “How many people live here?” and “What are their ages?”

Some new information from the 2011 was recently published.

That census counted 9.4 million families in Canada, up 5.5 per cent from 2006.

The other thing a census tells us is what Canadian families look like.

For instance, in 1961 (according to that census) the average family comprised 3.9 people.

In 2011 (according to the most recent census) the average family comprises 2.9 people.

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