School boards are modernizing their admission processes to French-language schools to better reflect Ontario's changing Francophone population.

Ontario recently changed the way it defines a Francophone in response to declining birth rates, an increase in immigration and more families with only one parent who speaks French - just some of the ways the Francophone population in Ontario has changed.

To reflect these changes, French-language school boards will look at making their admission processes more streamlined and their schools more welcoming for:

§         French-speaking newcomers

§         Newcomers who speak neither French nor English

§         Children whose grandparents' first language is French

§         Families with a parent who does not speak French.