The first specific objective of this study was to compare the mean Beery VMI scores of a sample
of Canadian kindergarten children to those obtained by the American reference population. The findings
showed that the visual-motor integration skills of the Canadian sample were broadly comparable to the U.S-based norms. Therefore, these results support the use of the American Beery VMI norms with kindergarten children in Quebec, Canada. However, no clear argument can explain the significant difference found in the youngest
Canadian age group (68-69 months).This age group obtained a significantly higher score in comparison with the same U.S. age group. As Roselli and Ardila (2003) suggested, this surprisingresult might point to the influence of certain cultural
variables in visual-motor skills development. Thus, it would be advisable to conduct further research to confirm or refute this trend. The second specific objective was to examine possible gender differences in the Canadian sample.