Ontario
Education

Ontario operates four publicly funded school systems, with there being both English and French equivalents of the public school system and the Catholic school system. About half of Ontario's government-funded District School Boards are Catholic (37 out of 72). There are some publicly funded schools with non-Catholic religious affiliation: these include Eden High School (under the District School Board of Niagara) and the Burkevale Protestant Separate School (under the Penetanguishene Protestant Separate School Board). Legislation regarding primary and secondary level education in Ontario is outlined in the Education Act. As of 2021, two million children were enrolled as students within the province. Elementary schools teach children enrolled in kindergarten and grades 1 – 8, while secondary schools teach adolescents in grades 9 – 12. Four and five year olds may enter kindergarten programs but are not required by law to do so until they turn six that calendar year.
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