Table D.1.1
Compulsory and intended instruction time in public institutions from age 7 through 15, Canada, 2009

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  Average number of hours per year
Total compulsory instruction time Total intended instruction time1
Ages 7 and 8 Ages 9 to 11 Ages 12 to 14 Age 15, typical programme2 Age 15, least demanding programme3 Ages 7 and 8 Ages 9 to 11 Ages 12 to 14 Age 15, typical programme2 Age 15, least demanding programme3
hours hours
OECD average4 749 793 873 902 860 775 821 907 941 889
Canada5 919 923 924 921 … 919 923 924 921 …
Newfoundland and Labrador 935 935 935 935 … 935 935 935 935 …
Prince Edward Island 879 879 925 880 … 879 879 925 880 …
Nova Scotia6 796 888 935 935 … 796 888 935 935 …
New Brunswick6 833 925 957 1,018 … 832 925 957 1,018 …
Quebec6 900 900 900 900 … 900 900 900 900 …
Ontario7 940 940 919 880 … 940 940 919 880 …
Manitoba6 925 925 1,018 1,018 … 925 925 1,018 1,018 …
Saskatchewan .. .. .. .. … .. .. .. .. …
Alberta6 950 950 950 1,000 … 950 950 950 1,000 …
British Columbia6 888 888 914 963 … 888 888 914 963 …
Yukon 935 935 935 935 … 935 935 935 935 …
Northwest Territories6 997 997 1,045 1,050 … 997 997 1,045 1,050 …
Nunavut .. .. .. .. … .. .. .. .. …
.. not available for a specific reference period
... not applicable
1. "Intended instruction time" refers to the number of hours per year for which students ought to receive instruction in both the compulsory and non-compulsory parts of the curriculum.
2. "Typical programme": the programme that most 15-year-olds are following.
3. "Least demanding programme": the programme stipulated for students who are least likely to continue studying beyond the mandatory school age or beyond ISCED level 2 (lower secondary education). These data were not collected by the provinces and territories.
4. These averages are from Education at a Glance 2011: OECD Indicators, Table D1.1, Compulsory and intended instruction time in public institutions (2009), which presents the most recent available data for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's member countries for which data were available or could be estimated. Please see the OECD's Web site at www.oecd.org.
5. Weighted average based on size of age group population of submitting jurisdictions (July 1, 2009 estimates).
6. Figures were reported by individual age and are based on minimum requirements for instruction time in provincial or territorial legislation, regulation or policy.
7. In Ontario, the figures reported for ages 7 through 13 are based on minimum requirements for instruction time in provincial regulation. Age 14 is when students move to high school (grade 9 in Ontario) and so the average for ages 12 to 14 is not very meaningful.
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)-Indicators of Educational Systems (INES), 2009 Survey on Teachers and the Curriculum.