Table of Contents

1. Acknowledgements
2. Introduction
3. 1. Background
   1. 1.1 Literacy and language
   2. 1.2 A few historical factors
      1. 1.2.1 Four provinces: four unique situations
4. 2. Literacy of official language minorities
   1. 2.1 Literacy of Francophones in a minority situation
   2. 2.2 Previous surveys on the literacy of official language minorities
5. 3. The 2003 IALSS
   1. 3.1 How to interpret the IALSS
6. 4. The IALSS and the relative distribution of competencies by language group
   1. 4.1 Interprovincial comparison
7. 5. Literacy and education
   1. 5.1 Age and literacy proficiency level
8. 6. Literacy of Francophones and literacy in French
   1. 6.1 Test language and results
   2. 6.2 Language of schooling
   3. 6.3 Province of schooling
9. 7. Literacy and daily life
   1. 7.1 Use of a library
   2. 7.2 Visiting a bookstore
   3. 7.3 Reading various documents
   4. 7.4 Reading and writing habits and literacy skills
   5. 7.5 Attitudes toward reading
10. 8. Participation in adult education and training
    1. 8.1 Participation in formal education
    2. 8.2 Informal learning
11. 9. Literacy and the labour market
    1. 9.1 Work-related literacy practices
    2. 9.2 Occupation and literacy performance level
    3. 9.3 Education required to perform work as part of main job
    4. 9.4 Knowledge-oriented occupations
12. 10. Explanation of performance differences between language groups
13. Conclusion
14. References
15. Notes