Montreal school population is down
La Presse has discovered the surprising fact that there are 4500 fewer students in Montreal schools this year than last, while numbers in off-island schools continue to grow. This runs against a projection assuming a little growth in city numbers, rather than an exodus, as it’s described here.
Kevin 09:40 on 2021-11-02 Permalink
4,500 fewer students in French-run schools. So that’s about 12,000 francophones who have decided Montreal isn’t where they want to live. That’s what’s causing the decline in French in Montreal.
Meanwhile the JdeM is flipping out over the head of Air Canada being scheduled to give a speech to a private group and he’s not planning to speak in French.