1. LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

“…language spoken at home and mother tongue…”[62]

2. LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION OF PARENTS AND CHILDREN

“However, we do think it would be possible to ask a question about the language in which parents and their children studied.”[63]

“In what language were you educated?” and “In what language were your parents educated?”[64]

“…whether either or both parents' education was in English in Canada and to what level, whether elementary, secondary, or post secondary …”[65]

“These two new questions should be able to show how many parents received their elementary education in the minority official language in accordance with subsection (23(1)(b). Asking people if they completed their elementary education in French is a fairly simple question. We also need to ask how many parents have a child who received or is receiving his or her elementary or secondary education in the minority official language, in accordance with subsection 23(2), and whether they have a child enrolled in a French-language school.”[66]

“[T]he simple fact of adding one question for each adult on the language of instruction—theirs and that of their children—will allow lawyers and researchers, thanks to the cross-referencing of data, to obtain data on the grandparents.”[67]

“Statistics Canada conducted testing in the national census tests of both 1993 and 1998 to assess the collection of data related to language of instruction within the census. The assessments showed that respondents had significant difficulties distinguishing between immersion programs, second-language programs, and official-language minority school programs[68]. »

3. PREFERRED LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION

“Three, during Tuesday's committee hearing, Monsieur Généreux asked Statistics Canada about the feasibility of adding a question to determine parental language of instruction preference for their children. We think this is a very interesting idea that should be pursued.”[69]

4. LANGUAGE AND LOCATION OF STUDY

“The census does not currently include a question to parents on their own language of instruction and whether it was completed in Canada, including whether they completed elementary or secondary in English or French.”[70]

“…the number of landed immigrants or new Canadians who have had their education in English outside of Canada .”[71]

5. ADMISSION OF CHILDREN OF NON-RIGHTS-HOLDERS

“If a child whose parent is not a rights holder was accepted by an admissions committee, and by the same token saw his entire family become rights holders, we need to be told where those people are.”[72]