This graph shows the total number of students enrolled in public elementary and secondary schools in Canada in the academic year 2021/22, distinguished by province. In the academic year 2021/22, about 2.03 million students were enrolled in public elementary and secondary schools in Ontario. At this time, there were a total of around 4.96 million students enrolled in public elementary or secondary schools in Canada, a slight increase from the previous year. With a primary school enrollment rate of 99.5 percent in 2017, Canada is one of the countries with the highest share of students in primary schools.
Enrollment in public elementary and secondary schools in Canada in 2021/22, by province
The enrollment count represents the number of students (headcount) in September (or as close as possible thereafter) of the school year.
Adapted from Statistics Canada, statcan.gc.ca, 2021-2022. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
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