The Canadian education system encompasses both publicly funded and private schools, from kindergarten through to pre-university. However, standards across the country are uniformly high.

In general, Canadian children attend kindergarten for one or two years at the age of four or five on a voluntary basis. All children begin Grade One at about six years of age. The school year normally runs from September through to the following June but in some instances, January intake dates are possible. Secondary schools go up to Grades 11,12 or 13, depending on the province. From here, students may attend university, college or Cegep studies. Cegep is a French acronym for College of General and Vocational Education, and is two years of general or three years of technical education between high school and university.

Ontario requires students to complete Grade 13, or Ontario Academic Credit (OAC) as it is now called, before proceeding on to university and that Quebec has the Cegep system.

The education systems of India and Canada compare as under: