The chart below illustrates the percentage of first-year teachers with regular teaching positions in Ontario between 2001 and 2007. It provides information with a comparison between English-language and French-language teachers over this period of graduation.
Overall, the rate of labor market for English-language mentors have significantly dropped over this time, whereas the rate for French-language mentors is growing steadily.
In 2001, the percentage of English-language educators was around 70, likewise as for French-language teachers. However, by 2002 the employment rate for both of workers have dropped sharply to approximately 55 percent. Further the date between 2003 and 2005 when the rating was more stable, the employment rate for English-language teachers decreased to over 40 percent, in comparison with French-language teachers whose rating have returned to previous 70 percentage. By 2006, the rating had declined a slightly for both of them. At the end of the graph, by 2007, French-language mentors experienced a good increase from 65 to 75 percentage, whereas the rating of English-language mentors continued to fall from 30 to 25 percent.
The data suggests that French-language teachers are in greater demand in comparison with English-language colleagues.