Who are they?
High school students (sec. III – IV – V) in group visit
Guidance counselors
Academic and career advisors
Parents
General public
What are they looking for at the Education Fair
Information on vocational training, college and university programs
To meet resource persons to help them finding answers to their questions
A trade or profession that they will love
Information on labour market
Resources to help them make the right choices
Their profile (based on the 2007 edition survey)
Age group
15 to 18 years old: 79%
19 to 34 years old: 16%
35 years old and over: 5%
Gender
55% of the visitors are women
45% of the visitors are men
Spoken languages
39 % speak only French
46 % speak French and English
15 % speak French and/or one or many other languages (other than English)
Place of residence
51% live in the Greater Montreal area
18% live in the Laval/Laurentides/Lanaudière regions
22% live on the Southshore and in the Montérégie region
5% live elsewhere in Quebec
4% live outside of Quebec and/or Canada
Visitors’ satisfaction – general results
96% are satisfied with their visit
91% would recommend a visit of the Fair
86% are satisfied with the diversity of exhibitors
92% find activities interesting
91% find collected information useful
85% of the visitors were at the Fair for the first time
Continuation of their studies in 2008
90% intend to pursue their studies
4% may pursue their studies
3% don’t know if they will pursue their studies
3% don’t intend to pursue their studies
Status of studies
78% wish to study full-time
19% wish to study part-time
3% don’t’ know
Studies level continuation in 2008
33% will pursue high school studies - general program or vocational training
53% will pursue college studies – technical or pre-university programs
11% will pursue university studies, of which:
3% will pursue university studies – undergraduate programs (bachelor)
5% will pursue university studies – graduate programs (master)
3% will pursue university studies – graduate programs (doctoral)
2% don’t know
