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CEGEP - Collège d'enseignement général et professionnel
CESC - Canadian Education Statistics Council
CMEC - Council of Ministers of Education, Canada
EAG - Education at a Glance
ESESP - Elementary-Secondary Education Statistics Project
FEDEX - Survey of Federal Government Expenditures in Support of Education
FINCOL - Financial Statistics of Community Colleges and Vocational Schools
FIUC - Financial Information of Universities and Colleges Survey
GDP - gross domestic product
GED - general education diploma
INES - Indicators of Educational Systems
ISCED - International Standard Classification of Education
LFS - Labour Force Survey
NGS - National Graduates Survey
OECD - Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
PCEIP - Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program
PISA - Program for International Student Assessment
PSIS - Postsecondary Student Information System
SC - Statistics Canada
SLID - Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics
SUFSB - Survey of Uniform Financial System – School Boards
UNESCO - United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
UOE - UNESCO/OECD/Eurostat data collection