Education in Canada 777 indicators covering education for Canada. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Number of deaths ages 15-19 years 734 2024 up 2.2% 78th Number of deaths ages 10-14 years 268 2024 up 26.4% 90th Number of deaths ages 5-9 years 182 2024 up 11.0% 96th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, male 99.3% 2011 down 1.7% 115th Gross intake ratio in first grade of primary education, female 100.4% 2011 down 0.7% 103rd Share of children who are not in pre-primary school 6.7% 2023 up 110.4% 110th School life expectancy, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 1.06 GPI 2018 up 0.6% 53rd Population by level of education 29.58 million people 2100 up 1.5% 26th Number of adults with no formal education by region 12,000 people 2100 down 40.3% 118th Share of the population with no formal education with projections 0.0% 2100 down 39.6% 181st Projections of the fertility rate by education scenario 1.2 births per woman in last 5 years 2100 down 3.5% 42nd Repeaters, primary, male 0.0% 2011 — 175th Repeaters, primary, female 0.0% 2011 — 175th Percentage of teachers in pre-primary education who are female 67.0% 1996 down 2.9% 174th Teachers in pre-primary education, female 8,628 number 1996 down 16.4% 85th School enrollment, secondary, private 9.0% 2023 up 25.6% 118th School enrollment, primary 99.9% 2017 up 0.4% 2nd Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, female 0.9% 1998 down 81.1% 136th Out-of-school rate for children of primary school age, male 0.8% 1998 down 81.4% 145th Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, both sexes 95.3% 2018 up 7.5% 39th Theoretical duration of upper secondary education 3 years 2020 down 25.0% 52nd Theoretical duration of lower secondary education 3 years 2020 up 50.0% 81st Teachers in tertiary education programmes, female 82,315 number 2016 down 20.8% 10th Total net enrolment rate, primary, gender parity index 0.9957 GPI 2018 down 1.5% 121st Share of primary school teachers who are women 75.1% 2022 — 122nd Share of students studying abroad 2.8% 2023 down 5.4% 129th Enrolment in primary education, female 1.17 million number 2018 up 9.5% 57th Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, both sexes 0.0% 2010 — 165th Over-age students, primary 0.0% 2017 — 188th Secondary education, teachers 67.2% 1996 up 47.6% 55th School enrollment, primary, male 99.0% 1998 up 3.5% 5th School enrollment, primary, female 99.0% 1998 up 3.9% 8th Official entrance age to compulsory education 6 years 2019 unchanged 24th Over-age students, primary, male 0.0% 2017 — 188th Over-age students, primary, female 0.0% 2017 — 188th School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, male 440,121 number 2019 down 6.0% 35th School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, female 417,954 number 2019 down 5.4% 36th School age population, post-secondary non-tertiary education, both sex 858,075 number 2019 down 5.7% 36th Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, male 91.9% 2018 up 7.0% 39th Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, gender parity index 1.08 GPI 2018 up 0.9% 43rd Gross enrolment ratio, primary to tertiary, female 98.9% 2018 up 7.9% 35th Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, both sexes 110.3% 2018 up 9.6% 28th Compulsory education, duration 10 years 2025 unchanged 81st Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, male 109.7% 2018 up 8.0% 30th Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, female 110.9% 2018 up 11.4% 26th Gross enrolment ratio, lower secondary, gender parity index 1.01 GPI 2018 up 3.2% 71st Adjusted net enrollment rate, primary 100.0% 2016 — 2nd Government spending on education as a share of GDP 4.8% 2022 down 7.9% 70th Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, both sexes 117.8% 2018 up 14.1% 21st Primary education, pupils 48.8% 2017 up 0.2% 82nd Inequality in education 0.0223 2023 down 16.8% 172nd Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, gender parity index 1.01 GPI 2018 up 3.6% 104th Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, male 117.2% 2018 up 12.2% 22nd Gross enrolment ratio, upper secondary, female 118.4% 2018 up 16.2% 21st Tertiary education, academic staff 47.4% 2016 down 3.9% 69th Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, male 0.0% 2010 — 162nd Repetition rate in Grade 1 of primary education, female 0.0% 2010 — 161st School enrollment, secondary 99.8% 2017 up 8.3% 2nd Preprimary education, duration 6 years 2025 unchanged 10th Share of all students in upper secondary education enrolled in vocatio 8.7% 2018 up 16.2% 113th ← Previous Page 3 of 13 Next →