What do the compulsory education laws require in Canada?

Canada’s per capita spending on education is among the world’s highest. All provinces, have compulsory education laws requiting that students attend school until the age of fifteen or sixteen. Elementary education includes kindergarten through the eighth grade. Canada’s bilingual and bicultural heritage has had and continues to have a profound effect on the educational system. Since 1985, the province of Ontario has maintained publicly funded Roman Catholic and French-language schools from kindergarten through the twelfth grade in addition to the English-language schools. Saskatchewan and Alberta also support separate Roman Catholic schools. Quebec province maintains a dual school system  Protestant and Catholic, each with its own school board.
     Higher education in Canada is offered in a variety of forms. Entrance requirements vary from one province to another. The traditional universities offer three-year general degree programs and four-year honors degree programs emphasizing a specialization. Seven of the universities are French speaking while the others are English. All the traditional universities are concerned about the relationship between their curricula and the economy and society. Graduates in recent years have faced considerable difficulty in finding employment.
     The Canadian provinces maintain junior colleges, community colleges, and technical institutes. They provide a variety of courses, often short term, that cater to individual interests. These include subjects of current events and calligraphy. Adult education has become increasingly popular in Canada in recent years. Almost all institutions offer some adult education courses.