<P> Dependent on the province the age of mandatory entry to the education system is at 4 -- 7 years . Starting at grade one , at age six or seven , there is universal publicly funded access up to grade twelve ( age seventeen to eighteen ) , except in Quebec , where secondary school ends one year earlier . Children are required to attend school until the age of sixteen ( eighteen in Manitoba , Ontario , and New Brunswick ) . In Quebec , the typical high school term ends after Secondary V / Grade eleven ( age sixteen to seventeen ) ; following this , students who wish to pursue their studies to the university level have to attend college ( see Education in Quebec ) . Quebec is currently the only province where Grade 12 is part of postsecondary , though Grade 11 was also the end of secondary education in Newfoundland and Labrador prior to the introduction of grade 12 in 1983 . </P>
<P> Dependent on the province the age of mandatory entry to the education system is at 4 -- 7 years . Starting at grade one , at age six or seven , there is universal publicly funded access up to grade twelve ( age seventeen to eighteen ) , except in Quebec , where secondary school ends one year earlier . Children are required to attend school until the age of sixteen ( eighteen in Manitoba , Ontario , and New Brunswick ) . In Quebec , the typical high school term ends after Secondary V / Grade eleven ( age sixteen to seventeen ) ; following this , students who wish to pursue their studies to the university level have to attend college ( see Education in Quebec ) . Quebec is currently the only province where Grade 12 is part of postsecondary , though Grade 11 was also the end of secondary education in Newfoundland and Labrador prior to the introduction of grade 12 in 1983 . </P>
what grade is a 16 year old in canada
what grade is a 16 year old in canada
Grade eleven
Grade eleven