Education in Canada 777 indicators covering education for Canada. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Duration of pre-primary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 27th Official entrance age to pre-primary education 3 years 2025 unchanged 58th Population ages 15-64 64.8% 2025 down 4.4% 101st Population ages 0-14 15.0% 2025 down 7.7% 179th Lower secondary school starting age 12 years 2025 unchanged 30th Primary school starting age 6 years 2025 unchanged 33rd School enrollment, primary 95.0% 2023 down 4.4% 154th Primary education, teachers 141,045 2000 down 5.7% 44th Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.34 live births per woman 2024 down 16.8% 204th School enrollment, primary, female 95.1% 2023 down 4.3% 151st School enrollment, primary, male 94.9% 2023 down 4.5% 154th Fertility rate vs. share of women with no education 1.35 live births per woman 2023 down 16.3% 204th Women's educational attainment vs. fertility rate 1.35 live births per woman 2023 down 16.3% 204th Labor force, total 22.85 million 2025 up 15.9% 32nd Labor force, female 47.2% 2025 up 0.7% 57th Primary, secondary and tertiary education enrollment and completion rates 95.0% 2023 down 4.4% 165th Share of children who have completed primary school 99.9% 2025 up 0.1% 11th School enrollment, primary (gross), gender parity index 0.9934 GPI 2020 down 1.2% 99th School enrollment, secondary 104.3% 2023 down 6.4% 44th Probability of dying among youth ages 20-24 years 2.9 per 1,000 2024 up 16.0% 137th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 15-19 years 1.7 per 1,000 2024 unchanged 148th Probability of dying among adolescents ages 10-14 years 0.6 per 1,000 2024 unchanged 153rd Probability of dying among children ages 5-9 years 0.5 per 1,000 2024 up 25.0% 151st Secondary education, teachers 133,275 1996 down 12.0% 45th School enrollment, secondary, female 104.5% 2023 down 6.6% 45th School enrollment, secondary, male 104.2% 2023 down 6.1% 40th School enrollment, tertiary 76.3% 2023 up 16.0% 41st School enrollment, primary, private 6.7% 2023 up 14.1% 130th Official entrance age to upper secondary education 15 years 2020 up 7.1% 68th Population of the official entrance age to primary education, male 202,230 number 2020 up 10.4% 62nd Population of the official entrance age to primary education, female 193,146 number 2020 up 12.0% 61st Population of the official entrance age to primary education, both sex 395,376 number 2020 up 11.2% 61st School age population, tertiary education, male 1.19 million number 2018 up 2.0% 48th School age population, tertiary education, both sexes 2.31 million number 2018 up 2.1% 50th School age population, tertiary education, female 1.13 million number 2018 up 2.3% 49th School age population, upper secondary education, male 595,871 number 2020 down 33.5% 55th School age population, upper secondary education, both sexes 1.16 million number 2020 down 33.5% 55th School age population, upper secondary education, female 567,712 number 2020 down 33.6% 55th School age population, secondary education, male 1.20 million number 2020 down 8.4% 58th School age population, secondary education, both sexes 2.33 million number 2020 down 8.5% 58th School age population, secondary education, female 1.14 million number 2020 down 8.5% 59th School age population, lower secondary education, male 599,337 number 2020 up 46.3% 61st School age population, lower secondary education, both sexes 1.17 million number 2020 up 46.4% 61st School age population, lower secondary education, female 571,872 number 2020 up 46.5% 61st School age population, primary education, male 1.22 million number 2020 up 8.0% 60th School age population, primary education, both sexes 2.38 million number 2020 up 8.5% 59th School age population, primary education, female 1.16 million number 2020 up 9.0% 59th School age population, last grade of primary education, both sexes 398,025 number 2020 up 4.2% 58th School age population, last grade of primary education, female 194,457 number 2020 up 4.4% 58th School age population, pre-primary education, male 202,198 number 2019 up 11.8% 98th School age population, pre-primary education, both sexes 395,340 number 2019 up 12.5% 97th School age population, pre-primary education, female 193,142 number 2019 up 13.3% 97th Share enrolled in private institutions at the primary education level 6.7% 2023 up 14.1% 136th Expected years of schooling vs. share in extreme poverty 15.89 years 2023 up 0.4% 50th School enrollment, preprimary 48.9% 2020 — 124th School enrollment, tertiary, male 64.8% 2023 up 15.5% 35th School enrollment, tertiary, female 88.6% 2023 up 16.6% 37th School enrollment, tertiary (gross), gender parity index 1.27 GPI 2023 up 0.6% 77th School enrollment, secondary (gross), gender parity index 1.01 GPI 2020 up 3.5% 99th Secondary education, teachers, female 89,558 1996 up 50.6% 40th Page 1 of 13 Next →