Right-handed, left-handed or ambidextrous?

 

Elementary Secondary
Right-handed Left-handed Ambidextrous Right-handed Left-handed Ambidextrous
% % % % % %
Canada 83.8 9.2 7.0 85.4 8.7 5.9
N.L. 77.3 9.1 13.6 . . .
P.E.I. 78.6 3.6 17.9 . . .
N.S. 81.6 11.5 6.9 76.8 13.1 10.1
N.B. 81.7 11.3 7.0 91.5 3.7 4.9
Que. 79.2 10.6 10.2 85.2 8.5 6.2
Ont. 83.8 9.2 7.0 86.5 8.8 4.7
Man. 88.0 8.4 3.6 83.3 12.5 4.2
Sask. 86.3 8.2 5.5 87.9 6.5 5.6
Alta. 84.4 8.3 7.3 84.5 8.1 7.3
B.C. 85.8 7.5 6.7 82.8 10.5 6.7
Territories 94.1 5.9 0.0  .   . .

 

Note: ‘Territories’ includes Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, and the Yukon.

Source: Census at School Canada, 2016-2017