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Canada: School enrollment, primary (% net)

99.88percent · 2017+5.4% since 1995

Net enrollment rate is the ratio of children of official school age who are enrolled in school to the population of the corresponding official school age. Primary education provides children with basic reading, writing, and mathematics skills along with an elementary understanding of such subjects as history, geography, natural science, social science, art, and music. Annual figures for Canada from 1982 to 2017.

19822017

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
201799.883
201699.956
201599.589
201499.391
201399.432
201299.452
200099.921
199999.928
199898.998
199695.693
199594.759
199495.889
199396.44
199298.065
199198.309
199095.732
198995.724
198895.483
198795.484
198695.418
198595.104
198495.259
198395.827
198296.092

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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, primary (% net). Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-school-enrollment-primary-nenr (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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