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Right-handed, left-handed or ambidextrous?
| Right-handed, left-handed or ambidextrous? | ||||||
| Elementary | Secondary | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Girls | Boys | All students | Girls | Boys | All students | |
| % | ||||||
| Right-handed | 81.79 | 75.17 | 78.51 | 83.42 | 77.60 | 80.63 |
| Ambidextrous | 10.05 | 13.43 | 11.73 | 8.35 | 11.07 | 9.66 |
| Left-handed | 8.16 | 11.39 | 9.77 | 8.23 | 11.33 | 9.72 |
| Note: Results appear in order of importance for elementary students. | ||||||
| Source: Statistics Canada, Census at School, 2006/2007. | ||||||
