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Canada: School enrollment, preprimary, female

48.56percent · 2020-17.8% 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
202048.562
201848.293
199664.296
199563.756
199462.635
199361.702
199262.508
199161.101
199061.873
198959.851
198859.06
198758.405
198657.858
198556.836
198455.843
198355.786
198254.911
198155.922
198052.805
197853.525
197755.947
197656.294
197553.559
197446.535
197343.235
197240.496
197140.369

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Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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

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