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Education in
Canada


Early childhood education
Junior Kindergarten or Pre-Kindergarten (ages 35) (Ontario only)

Grade Primary or Kindergarten (ages 56)
Elementary education
Grade 1 (ages 67)
Grade 2 (ages 78)
Grade 3 (ages 89)
Grade 4 (ages 910)
Grade 5 (ages 1011)
Grade 6 (ages 1112)
Junior High/Middle School
Grade 7 (ages 1213)
Grade 8 (ages 1314)
Grade 9 (ages 1415)
High School
Grade 10 (ages 1516)
Grade 11 (ages 1617)
Grade 12 (ages 1718)
Grade 12+ (ages 18+) (Ontario only)
Tertiary education
College: In Canada, the term college usually refers to a community college or a technical,
applied arts, or applied science school. These are post-secondary institutions granting
certificates, diplomas, associates degree, and bachelor's degrees.
University: A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants
academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is a corporation that provides both
undergraduate education and postgraduate education.
Levels in education
Children usually enter kindergarden at age 5.
Elementaryschool generally includes grades 1
through 6 in regions that then have 2 year of
middle school or junior high school,mand in
areas without these, elementary school goes up
to grade 8. In Quebec, elementary school is
grades 1-6,and studesntthen go straight into
high school.
Elementary
Secondary school-most often called high
school-typicallyincludes grades 9 through 12.
In regions with middle school and junior hogh,
it also includes grades 7-8. In Quebec , high
school covers grades 7 through 11, and
students then go CEGEP for 2 years before
applyng to university.
Secondary
Post-secondary education includes career
college (alse known as vocation school),
community college, university and grad school.
Post-secondary
Language programs(English or Frech as a
second language) are offered at middle schools,
high school, colleges, universities and private
languages schools.
Language programs
In Canada , schools can be secular (no religious
affiliation) , Cathoolic or Christian (various
Protestant denominations). Some provinces
have separate school boards for religious and
non-religious schools.
Religious affiliation:
Canadas education system includes public
schools, which are free and funded by the
government, and private school, for which
students have to pay. At the post-secondary
level, public colleges and universities still
require students to pay tuition, but it is
substantially less than tuition at private
universities.
Public and private