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Record 1 2008-06-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Statistics
  • Federalism
CONT

Majority-minority variations. There is a variation between official language majorities and minorities among people aged 65 and over, especially between the Francophone minority (67%) and the Anglophone majority (53%) outside Quebec, but also between Anglophone minority (49%) and the Francophone majority (64%) within Quebec.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Statistique
  • Fédéralisme
CONT

Écarts majorité-minorité. On constate un écart entre les majorités et les minorités de langue officielle pour la génération des 65 ans et plus : en particulier entre la minorité francophone (67 p. 100) et la majorité anglophone (53 p. 100) à l'extérieur du Québec, mais aussi entre la minorité anglophone 49 p. 100) et la majorité francophone (64 p. 100) au Québec.

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