Do all high schools and middle schools in Ottawa require French?

Question

what other provinces DON'T require French?

Answer 1

Every province requires you study it in school.  In Ottawa, core French is compulsory for every student that is not in French immersion (other places in Ontario begin in Grade 4, not sure if Ottawa does this or if they begin in Kindergarten) It is also compulsory in grade 9.  After you pass grade 9 French, it is optional.

Answer 2

If you mean do you need to know French to go to school, no. But you will have to study it in school.

Answer 3

Not just in Ottawa all of Ontario requires it...

Answer 4

Canada is a bilingual country, so French is part of the curriculum.  Different schools start in Kindergarten, or Gr.1, and students study it until Gr. 9.  Once you pass grade 9 french, it becomes an optional subject.  In Quebec, they have the opposite requirements for English.  I have heard that in some schools in Toronto they are integrating Spanish as an option instead, but I'm not entirely sure this is the case (might be for those with spanish as a first language).  Also, on some reserves and/or in aboriginal communities where the native language is neither english or french, I believe that they do not have this requirement. Again, I'm not entirely sure though.

Answer 5

I had to study it for eight years. Not in kindergarden, but from grade one to six, I believe it was 30-45 minutes a day. It was 45 minutes three-four times a week in middle school, and 1 hour 15 minutes a day in high school.

And now I'm done with and glad.

Answer 6

French is part of the curriculum almost everywhere in Canada in all middle schools and high schools.  Usually you have to study French as a core subject every year in middle school, and for two or three years in high school.  It is not required in some parts of Labrador, Nunavut and Northwest Terriroties where an aboriginal langauge is the first language.  You do not need to do all your courses in French, but just study French as a subject.