Map Tour: The Quest for Universal Schooling
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Rising School Attendance


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Map: Students in School: 1851, 1881

Try This:

  • Open the interactive map “Students in School: 1851, 1881.”
  • Under LAYER CONTROLS, turn on the checkbox for "1851 Attendance by CD." (Census division)

Notice ...

  • The proportion of the total population attending school in Canada is highest around the shores of Lake Ontario.

Try This:

  • Under LAYER CONTROLS, turn on the checkbox for “1881 Attendance by CD.”

Notice ...

  • The emphasis on education throughout Canada has intensified substantially between 1851 and 1881.
  • Québec appears to have a relatively lower attendance rate than Ontario or the Maritimes.

Consider!

  • These figures will be influenced by the distribution of age groups in the unit areas of observation.
  • Québec, long established, may have a relatively older population than Ontario, still undergoing settlement.