Learn about the qualifications frameworks and the particular characteristics of the 13 education systems in Canada.

For internal procedures:

• Learn about the particular characteristics of the 13 provincial and territorial education systems in Canada, such as:
• structure of the each education system;
• types of educational institutions within each classification structure;
• quality-assurance practices;
• legal framework, enabling the:
• operation of educational institutions (e.g., use of the term “university” in its name);
• delivery of academic programs (e.g., vocational training registration);
• issuing of specific academic credentials (e.g., authorization to issue degrees through ministerial consent).
• Learn about the types and levels of academic credentials typically issued within each of the 13 education systems through:
• their respective qualifications frameworks;
• visual diagrams that illustrate the various levels found in their respective systems.

Consult additional resources

You may find useful information in other resources, such as:

1. An overview of education in Canada, with contextual information on:
1. ministries/departments responsible for education in Canada;
2. elementary and secondary education systems;
3. postsecondary education systems;
4. quality assurance in postsecondary education;
5. credit transfer and articulation;
6. academic credentials and qualifications frameworks;
7. finding an educational institution;
8. ÉduCanada, Canada's international education brand.
2. detailed information about each provincial and territorial education system in Canada.

Through CICIC's education portal, up-to-date, detailed information on Canada's education systems is easy to access. For more information, consult the Web sites of the ministries/departments responsible for education in Canada.