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Canada: School enrollment, preprimary

48.92percent · 2020-17.2% since 1988

Gross enrollment ratio is the ratio of total enrollment, regardless of age, to the population of the age group that officially corresponds to the level of education shown. Preprimary education refers to programs at the initial stage of organized instruction, designed primarily to introduce very young children to a school-type environment and to provide a bridge between home and school. Annual figures for Canada from 1971 to 2020.

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Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202048.92
201848.765
199664.441
199563.932
199462.702
199361.73
199262.501
199161.163
199062.122
198959.86
198859.052
198758.331
198657.848
198557.164
198455.94
198355.909
198254.932
198155.785
198052.842
197953.021
197853.715
197756.166
197656.518
197553.787
197446.756
197343.318
197240.625
197140.556

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). School enrollment, preprimary. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-school-enrollment-preprimary (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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