Do students have the right to attend school in either official language anywhere in Canada?
The question of the language of instruction of children, whether in English or in French, has always been a matter of concern in Canada. Section 23 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms obligates the provincial governments to provide instruction in the minority language of that province where numbers warrant. In all provinces (except Quebec) and territories, parents can have their children educated in French if they meet any of the following criteria: • Their mother tongue of one of the parents is French; • One of the parents received his or her own primary school instruction in Canada in French; • One of the parents has a child who has received or is receiving his or her instruction in Canada in French. In Quebec, parents have the right to have their children educated in English: • if one of the parents received his or her own primary school instruction in Canada in English; • if one of the parents has a child who has received or is receiving his or her instruction in Canada
