Right-handed, left-handed or ambidextrous?

 

Elementary Secondary
Right-handed Left-handed Ambidextrous Right-handed Left-handed Ambidextrous
% % % % % %
Canada 83.8 8.8 7.4 84.8 9.0 6.1
N.L. 94.9 5.1 0.0 . . .
P.E.I. 83.3 13.0 3.7 . . .
N.S. 82.1 9.5 8.4 91.7 5.0 3.3
N.B. 71.4 19.0 9.5 82.7 8.2 9.2
Que. 85.4 10.1 4.5 85.6 6.5 7.9
Ont. 84.2 8.8 6.9 85.3 10.0 4.6
Man. 80.0 8.0 12.0 83.8 9.5 6.8
Sask. 79.5 8.9 11.6 81.3 8.6 10.1
Alta. 83.3 8.7 8.0 84.0 8.3 7.7
B.C. 84.3 7.1 8.6 86.2 9.9 3.9
Territories 80.0 5.0 15.0 77.3 9.1 13.6

 

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

Source: Census at School Canada, 2015-2016