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FRANÇAIS
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True or false?
Among Francophone youth from 15 to 19 years of age, the percentage of bilingualism is higher in New Brunswick than in Quebec.

Answer: True

Bilingualism rates of youth aged 15 to 19
  Francophones Anglophones
New Brunswick 73% 35%
Quebec 41% 83%
Canada 46% 15%

According to the 2006 Census, nearly 73% of New Brunswick Francophone youth in this age bracket are bilingual. In Quebec, in the same segment of the population, this rate is 41%.

Interestingly, the situation is reversed among Anglophone youth: in Quebec, 83% are bilingual, while in New Brunswick the rate is 35%.

For further information on the linguistic profile of the country, visit the Statistics Canada Web siteGovernment of Canada Site.

Source: 2006 Census, Statistics Canada