Key Demographic and Socio-Economic Characteristics of Quebec's English-Speaking Youth (15-29)

According to this report, there are 225,585 English-speaking youth (15-29) living in Quebec and they form a substantial 20.5 percent of their language population. To compare, French-speaking youth aged 15-29 years comprise 17.5 percent of Quebec’s majority language group. When English and French speakers aged 15 to 29 years are compared, young English speakers are much more likely to be members of a visible minority group. A substantial 35.1 percent of Quebec’s English-speaking youth are members of a visible minority compared to 12.6 percent of French-speakers the same age. Provincially, in 2016, 68.2 percent of English-speaking youth compared with 59.8 percent of French-speaking youth were living on a low-income. The repot also finds that English-speaking youth are more likely to be experiencing socio-economic vulnerability. Among English-speaking youth, 23.6 percent are living below the low-income cut-off (LICO) compared to 14.9 percent of French-speaking youth. At 18.2 percent, English-speaking youth exceed the provincial norm for English speakers in their tendency to live in single parent families, and in 2016, 13.3 percent of Quebec’s English-speaking youth were unemployed. Among English-speaking youth, 51.6 percent report high school leaving or less as their highest level of educational attainment.

Quebec

Community Health and Social Services Network

2018

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