Canada spends about 5.4% of its GDP on education (2014 report) The country invests heavily in tertiary education (more than US$20,000 per student)
Elementary, intermediate, secondary, and post-secondary education in Canada is a provincial responsibility and there are many variations between the provinces.
Length of study
Most education programs in Canada begin in kindergarten (which is age five) or grade one (age six) and go to grade twelve (age 17 or 18), except in Quebec, where students finish a year earlier. After completion of a secondary school diploma, students may go on to post-secondary studies.
Levels in Education
Canada (except Quebec)
As the education system in Canada is managed by the varying provincial governments in Canada, the way the educational stages are grouped and named may differ from each region, or even between districts and individual schools. The ages are the age of the students when they end the school year in June.
- Junior Kindergarten or Pre-Kindergarten (ages 3–5) (Ontario only)
- Grade Primary or Kindergarten (ages 5–6)
Quebec
- Pre-school ((in French):Garderie); under 5
- kindergarten ((in French):Maternelle); 5-6
- Grade 1; 6-7
- Grade 2; 7-8
- Grade 3; 8-9
- Grade 4; 9-10
- Grade 5; 10-11
- Grade 6; 11-12
English schools in Quebec have the same grade system as French schools, but with English names. For example, "elementary school" is not called "école primaries" in an English school but has the same grading system.
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