Workbook 10 Activity 2
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Unit 3: Section 1: Workbook 10: Collective Rights in Canada
Activity 2: Official Language Minority Rights
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In many communities in Alberta, Francophones are an official language minority. However, in some Alberta communities, such as Lac La Biche, Francophones comprise the majority of the population.
official language minority: a small group speaking one official language but living within a larger group speaking another official language, such as Anglophones in Quebec or Francophones in Alberta
In Quebec, Anglophones are an official language minority, except in some communities such as Montreal.
An official language minority exists when a group of English-speaking people or a group of French-speaking people make up a minority population in a province or territory where the other official language, or any non-official language, is spoken by the majority population.
Vocabulary
Retrieve your Issues for Canadians Definitions handout from your Activities folder and add the term official language minority.
Provide an example from what you have learned about being a Francophone or an Anglophone living as a minority in a community.
Return your updated handout to your Activities folder.
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Click on the link below to see 2016 statistics about the languages spoken most often at home in Canada.
https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/lang/Table.cfm?Lang=E&T=31&Geo=00
Note that the two official languages are also the two most commonly spoken languages in Canada.
Look at each province and territory to see which languages are spoken the most.
Record your findings in point-form notes.
If possible, discuss your findings with a learning partner or with a family member. Was there anything that you found surprising during your investigation on the languages most commonly spoken in Canada?
Save your findings to your Activities folder.
In this activity, you will examine this inquiry question:
What are the rights of official language minorities?
https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/hlt-fst/lang/Table.cfm?Lang=E&T=31&Geo=00
Note that the two official languages are also the two most commonly spoken languages in Canada.
Look at each province and territory to see which languages are spoken the most.
- Are English and French the most common languages spoken in each province and territory?
Record your findings in point-form notes.
If possible, discuss your findings with a learning partner or with a family member. Was there anything that you found surprising during your investigation on the languages most commonly spoken in Canada?
Save your findings to your Activities folder.
In this activity, you will examine this inquiry question:
What are the rights of official language minorities?