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 National 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 2008 edition survey)

Age group
15 to 18 years old: 66%
19 to 34 years old: 20%
35 years old and over: 14%

Gender
61% of the visitors are women
39% of the visitors are men

Spoken languages

38 % speak only French

46 % speak French and English

16 % speak French and/or one or many other languages (other than English)

Place of residence
42% live in the Greater Montreal area
27% live in the Laval/Laurentides/Lanaudière regions
20% live on the Southshore and in the Montérégie region

  4% live in Centre-du-Québec and Eastern Townships regions
  5% live elsewhere in Quebec
  3% live outside of Quebec and/or Canada

Visitors’ satisfaction – general results
95% are satisfied with their visit
85% would recommend a visit of the Fair
84% are satisfied with the diversity of exhibitors
88% find activities interesting
90% find collected information useful
85% of the visitors were at the Fair for the first time

Continuation of their studies in 2009
83% intend to pursue their studies
  9% may pursue their studies
  3% don’t know if they will pursue their studies
  5% don’t intend to pursue their studies

Status of studies
69% wish to study full-time
23% wish to study part-time
  8% don’t’ know

Studies level continuation in 2009
36% will pursue high school studies - general program or vocational training
37% will pursue college studies – technical or pre-university programs
20% will pursue university studies, of which:
  8% will pursue university studies – undergraduate programs (bachelor)
  7% will pursue university studies – graduate programs (master)
  5% will pursue university studies – graduate programs (doctoral)
7% don’t know