Table C.6.1
Intended instruction time in public institutions, ages 6 through 17, by age, OECD, Canada, provinces and territories, 2020/2021

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Table C.6.1
Intended instruction timeTable C.6.1 Note 1 Table C.6.1 Note 2 Table C.6.1 Note 3 Table C.6.1 Note 4 in public institutions, ages 6 through 17, by age, OECD, Canada, provinces and territories, 2020/2021
Table summary
This table displays the results of Intended instruction time in public institutions Total intended instruction time, Age 6, Age 7, Age 8, Age 9, Age 10, Age 11, Age 12, Age 13, Age 14, Age 15, Age 16 and Age 17, calculated using number of hours per year units of measure (appearing as column headers).
Total intended instruction time
Age 6 Age 7 Age 8 Age 9 Age 10 Age 11 Age 12 Age 13 Age 14 Age 15 Age 16 Age 17
number of hours per year
OECD averageTable C.6.1 Note 5 838 815 832 840 866 897 935 962 963 1,002 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
CanadaTable C.6.1 Note 6 916 916 925 924 924 924 929 938 907 908 884 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Newfoundland and Labrador 925 925 925 925 925 925 925 925 925 925 925 925
Prince Edward Island 860 860 860 860 860 860 905 905 905 880 880 880
Nova Scotia 717 717 904 895 895 895 935 935 935 935 935 935
New Brunswick 740 740 925 925 925 925 925 925 1,018 1,018 1,018 1,018
Quebec 900 900 900 900 900 900 900 900 900 900 900 Note ...: not applicable
OntarioTable C.6.1 Note 7 940 940 940 940 940 940 940 940 880 880 880 880
Manitoba 925 925 925 925 925 925 1,018 1,018 1,018 1,018 1,018 1,018
Saskatchewan 950 950 950 950 950 950 950 950 950 1,000 925 825
Alberta 950 950 950 950 950 950 950 950 950 1,000 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
British Columbia 878 878 878 878 878 878 878 952 952 952 952 952
Yukon Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
Northwest Territories 945 945 945 945 945 945 945 945 945 945 945 945
Nunavut Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
.. not available for a specific reference period
... not applicable
Note 1

Unless otherwise specified, instruction time is based on the minimum requirements for instruction time in provincial or territorial legislation, regulation, or policy.

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Note 2

"Intended instruction time" refers to the number of hours of instruction per year for which students are entitled as parts of the curriculum.

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Note 3

Education is compulsory up to the age of 16 in every Canadian jurisdiction, except for Manitoba, Ontario, New Brunswick and Nunavut, where education is compulsory up to the age of 18.

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Note 4

Typically, primary education includes ages 6-11, lower secondary education includes ages 12-14, and upper secondary education includes ages 15 to 17.

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Note 5

The OECD data can be found at https://doi.org/10.1787/b35a14e5-en, Education at a Glance 2021 (accessed October 4, 2021 - Table D1.5, web only).

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Note 6

Canada figures are weighted averages based on the number of full-time students enrolments, and reflect public institutions in submitting jurisdictions, as reported in the 2018/2019 Elementary-Secondary Education Survey (ESES). Yukon and Nunavut did not submit data and are not included in the Canadian average.

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Note 7

In Ontario, the figures reported for ages 6 to 13 are based on provisions outlined in provincial regulations. For students in Grade 11 and 12 (or ages 16 and 17), the hours of instruction noted above are the typical scenario, however; there is flexibility in course load distribution over the two years.

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Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) - Indicators of Educational Systems (INES), Eurydice-OECD Instruction Time Data Collection 2020.
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