Education Indicators in Canada: An International Perspective, 2018
Table C.1.1
Intended instruction timeTable C-1-1 Note 1Table C-1-1 Note 2Table C-1-1 Note 3 in public institutions, ages 6 through 17, by ageTable C-1-1 Note 4, OECD, Canada, provinces and territories, 2017/2018

Table C.1.1
Intended instruction timeTable C.1.1 Note 1 Table C.1.1 Note 2 Table C.1.1 Note 3 in public institutions, ages 6 through 17, by ageTable C.1.1 Note 4, OECD, Canada, provinces and territories, 2017/2018
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.1.1 Note 5 825 804 821 832 860 876 923 953 954 972 Note ..: not available for a specific reference period Note ..: not available for a specific reference period
CanadaTable C.1.1 Note 6 914 914 922 922 922 923 928 937 916 926 925 950
Newfoundland and Labrador 935 935 935 935 935 935 935 935 935 935 935 935
Prince Edward Island 860 860 860 860 860 860 905 905 905 880 880 880
Nova Scotia 701 701 888 888 888 888 935 935 935 935 935 935
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.1.1 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 1,000 1,000
British Columbia 873 873 873 873 873 873 873 947 947 947 947 947
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
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... 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. For more information on the age ranges by education level, please see Appendix 1: Structure of education and training in Canada (https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/n1/pub/81-582-g/2018002/app-ann/app-ann1-eng.htm).

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Note 5

The OECD data can be found at http://stats.oecd.org/, Education at a Glance Database (accessed September 18, 2018).

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Note 6

The average for Canada is calculated by weighting the figures for provinces and territories by the population of children, as of January 1, 2017, for the single ages 6 to 15 in each jurisdiction. All jurisdictions except Yukon and Nunavut are taken into account in the Canada 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 2017.
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