Canada Education Data
Last updated April 30, 2025
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Education Indicators in Canada Report (also known as Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program)
Administrators: StatCan and CMEC
Age Group: K-PSE
Frequency and dates: Every year since 2009
Purpose: Presents a statistical portrait of the elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education systems in various formats such as data tables, fact sheets, and reports.
Elementary-Secondary Education Survey (ESES)
Administrators: StatCan
Age Group: K-12
Frequency and dates: Every year since 2003
Purpose: To collect, analyze and publish relevant, comparable and timely statistics and to reduce the response burden on educational organizations that supply data.
Survey of Federal Government Expenditures in Support of Education (FEDEX)
Administrators: StatCan
Age Group: K-PSE
Frequency and dates: Every year since 1980s
Purpose: To collect data on federal government expenditures in support of education.
Financial Information of Elementary and Secondary Schools (FINESS)
Administrators: StatCan
Age Group: K-12
Frequency and dates: Every year
Purpose: To collect financial information on school boards and districts across Canada.
Pan-Canadian Assessment Program (PCAP)
NWT and Nunavut have not yet participated
Administrators: CMEC
Age Group: Grade 8
Frequency and dates: Every 3 years since 2007 (SAIP from 1996 to 2006)
Purpose: To inform Canadians about how well their education systems are meeting the needs of students and society.
Early Development Instrument (EDI)
Administrators: Offord Centre (McMaster)
Age Group: Kindergarten
Frequency and dates: Variable (every 2-3 years in AB and ON) since 1998
Purpose: Reliably assess the developmental health (skills and behaviour) of children at the age of developmental transition from early development to school age in a holistic manner.
Canadian Longitudinal Health Survey on Children and Youth (CHSCY)
Canadian provinces (excluding reserves, foster homes, institutionalized settings and territories)
Administrators: Offord Centre (McMaster), StatCan, Public Health Agency of Canada
Age Group: Ages 1 to 23 (ages 1 to 17 for cross-sectional, plus ages 5 to 23 for longitudinal follow-up)
Frequency and dates: Recurring at unclear intervals (lauched in 2019)
Purpose: To provide current, detailed, and ongoing health-related information on Canadian children and youth, changes over time, and issues that have had an impact on physical/mental health; better understand the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on their health and functioning.
Canadian Survey on Early Learning and Child Care (CSELCC)
Administrators: StatCan
Age Group: Birth to 5 years
Frequency and dates: Recurring at unclear intervals (launched 2019)
Purpose: Gathers information from parents and guardians on early learning and child care arrangements for children aged 0 to 5
Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC)
Administrators: WHO, Public Health Agency of Canada
Age Group: Ages 11, 13, 15
Frequency and dates: Every 4 years since 1989
Purpose: To gain new insight into, and increase understanding of, adolescent health and well-being in their social context
Canadian Student Tobacco, Alcohol and Drugs Survey (CSTADS)
NB declined to participate in 2021/22
Administrators: StatCan, Health Canada, University of Waterloo
Age Group: Grades 7-12
Frequency and dates: Every 2 years since 1994
Purpose: Provides timely and reliable data on tobacco, alcohol and drug use and related issues among Canadian students (grades 7-9/10-12) attending generalizable samples of private, public, and Catholic schools.
Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA)
Administrators: StatCan, Health Canada, University of Waterloo
Age Group: Grades 7-12
Frequency and dates: Every 2 years since 1994
Purpose: Aims to evaluate education systems worldwide by testing the skills and knowledge of 15-year-old students in participating countries / economies.
Parachute: Pan-Canadian educator survey series
Administrators: Canadian Teachers’ Federation
Age Group: K-12
Frequency and dates: Recurring at unclear intervals since 2024
Purpose: To ensure that educational support lands where it is needed most.
Census of Population
Administrators: StatCan
Age Group: All Canadians
Frequency and dates: Every five years (first in 1666)
Purpose: To ensure that educational support lands where it is needed most.
Education and Labour Market Longitudinal Platform (ELMLP)
Administrators: StatCan, ESDC
Age Group: Kindergarten to adulthood
Frequency and dates: Updates released every year (earliest available data is 2008)
Purpose: The ELMLP fills data gaps and enables a greater understanding of student and apprenticeship pathways, transitions to the labour market and outcomes over time
Canadian Internet Use Survey (CIUS)
Administrators: StatCan
Age Group: Age 15 and older
Frequency and dates: Every two years since 2005 (previously HIUS from 1997 to 2003)
Purpose: To gather data on how digital technologies and the Internet are transforming society, the economy, and the everyday lives of Canadians.
Labour Force Survey (LFS)
Administrators: StatCan
Age Group: Age 15 and older
Frequency and dates: Every month since 1945 in some form
Purpose: Monthly survey providing details of employment and unemployment among Canadians 15+
Canadian Survey on Disability (CSD)
Administrators: StatCan, ESDC
Age Group: Age 15 and older
Frequency and dates: Every 5 years since 1983 in some form
Purpose: To provide information about Canadian youth and adults whose everyday activities are limited due to a long-term condition or health-related problem
General Social Survey (GSS)
Administrators: StatCan
Age Group: Age 15 and older
Frequency and dates: Every 5 years since 1988 in some form
Purpose: To collect information and provide data on living conditions and social trends of interest
Indigenous Peoples Survey (IPS)
Administrators: StatCan
Age Group: Indigenous Canadians on- and off-reserve, ages 1 older
Frequency and dates: Every 5 years since 1991
Purpose: To provide data on the social and economic conditions of First Nations people living off reserve, Métis and Inuit, aged one year and older, in Canada
ParticipACTION Report Card
Administrators: ParticipACTION and Health Active Living and Obesity Research Group (HALO-CHEO)
Frequency and dates: Every 2 years since 2005
Purpose: To promote and assess healthy active living among children and youth in Canada
Canadian Health Measures Study (CHMS)
Canadian provinces (excluding reserves, remote regions, and territories)
Administrators: StatCan
Age Group: Age 1-79
Frequency and dates: Every 2 years since 2007
Purpose: To collect important health information through a household interview and direct physical measures at a mobile examination centre (MEC), sometimes referred to as a mobile clinic.
Opportunities for Physical Activity at School Study
Administrators: Canadian Fitness and Lifestyle Research Institute (CFLRI)
Age Group: “Schools”
Frequency and dates: Every 5 years since 2001
Purpose: Assesses opportunities for physical activity and sport through the school system. It collects cross-sectional data on policies and programs available at school to support participation.
Open Database of Educational Facilities
Administrators: StatCan
Age Group: ECE-PSE
Frequency and dates: One-time
Purpose: To enhance access to a harmonized collection of building addresses across various themes of public interest across Canada.
Youth Mental Health Data Hub
Administrators: Mental Health Research Canada (MHRC) and GreenShield
Age Group: Ages 16 and older
Frequency and dates: Unclear
Purpose: To bring together reliable information from across the country and make it available in one place.
The COMPASS Study
ON and AB
Administrators: University of Waterloo, Health Canada
Age Group: Grades 9 to 12
Frequency and dates: Recurring at unclear intervals (launched 2012)
Purpose: For enabling the timely and robust generation of knowledge and evidence to advance youth health, by building the capacity to integrate research, evaluation, policy, and practice within the Canadian (and international) prevention system.
Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS)
BC, AB, MB, ON, QU, NL (as separate regions)
Administrators: IEA, CMEC
Age Group: Grade 4
Frequency and dates: Every 5 years since 2001
Purpose: To collect information pertaining to fourth-grade students’ reading literacy evaluation.
Trends in International Mathematics and Sciences Study (TIMSS)
BC, AB, MB, ON, QU, NL (as separate regions)
Administrators: IEA, CMEC
Age Group: Grades 4 and 8 (AB and BC only did Grade 4)
Frequency and dates: Every 4 years since 1995
Purpose: To measure student performance in mathematics and science against what is expected to be taught in school.
Provincial Approach to Student Information (PASI)
Administrators: Alberta Government
Age Group: K-12
Frequency and dates: Every year (earliest available 2015)
Purpose: A repository of student information that is available online in real time shared between Education Alberta, school authorities, schools, parents, and students.
(Alberta) Provincial Achievement Test (PAT)
Administrators: Alberta Government
Age Group: Grades 6 and 9
Frequency and dates: Every year (earliest available 2019)
Purpose: Monitoring learning of Grade 6 and 9 students, and reporting to public on achievement.
Alberta Education Assurance (AEA) Survey
Administrators: Alberta Government
Age Group: Grades 4, 7, 10
Frequency and dates: Every year (earliest unclear)
Purpose: To gather important information on what is working well and where there is room for improvement.
(Alberta) Class size data
Administrators: Government of Alberta
Age Group: K-12
Frequency and dates: Every year (2004 to 2019 available)
Purpose: [none stated]
(Calgary Board of Education) OurSCHOOL Student Survey
*Calgary only
Administrators:Calgary Board of Education
Age Group:Grades 6-12
Frequency and dates: Every year (earliest unclear)
Purpose: [none stated]
(Calgary Board of Education) CBE Student Survey
*Calgary only
Administrators: Calgary Board of Education
Age Group: Grades 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12
Frequency and dates: Every year (earliest unclear)
Purpose: [none stated]
(Edmonton Public School Board) Student Demographic Survey
*Edmonton only
Administrators: Edmonton Public School Board (EPSB)
Age Group: Established 2022
Frequency and dates: Every year (earliest unclear)
Purpose: To better understanding the diversity of the students served in the EPSB.
(Edmonton Public School Board) Division Feedback Survey
*Edmonton only
Administrators: Edmonton Public School Board (EPSB)
Age Group: K-12 staff and parents (Grade 4-12 students)
Frequency and dates: Every year since 2022
Purpose: To help assess, monitor and report progress on Division priorities, goals and outcomes in order to promote a culture of openness and transparency and support evidence-based decisions and accountability.
Middle Years Development Instrument (MDI)
BC, YK, and NWT
Administrators: UBC (HELP)
Age Group: Grades 4-8
Frequency and dates: Variable (every year in some areas) since 2006
Purpose: To provide a holistic picture of how children in the middle years are doing at school, at home, and in their community.
Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS)
BC, AB, MB, ON, QU, NL (as separate regions)
Administrators: IEA, CMEC
Age Group: Grade 4
Frequency and dates: Every 5 years since 2001
Purpose: To collect information pertaining to fourth-grade students’ reading literacy evaluation.
Trends in International Mathematics and Sciences Study (TIMSS)
BC, AB, MB, ON, QU, NL (as separate regions)
Administrators: IEA, CMEC
Age Group: Grades 4 and 8 (AB and BC only did Grade 4)
Frequency and dates: Every 4 years since 1995
Purpose: To measure student performance in mathematics and science against what is expected to be taught in school.
Student Learning Survey (SLS)
Administrators: British Columbia Government
Age Group: Grades 4, 7, 10, 12
Frequency and dates: Every year (earliest available 2016)
Purpose: Annual province-wide census of Grade 4, 7, 10 and 12 students, parents and staff to learn about school experience for planning, research and advocacy.
(BC) Headcount
Administrators: British Columbia Government
Age Group: K-12
Frequency and dates: Every year (earliest available 1991)
Purpose: Publicly available headcount and class size data.
BC Adolescent Health Survey (BC AHS)
Administrators: British Columbia Government, McCreary Centre Society
Age Group: Grades 7-12
Frequency and dates: Every 5 years since 1992
Purpose: The survey gives an evidence base of youth health trends, emerging issues, and risk and protective factors for healthy development.
Vancouver School Board Open Data
*Vancouver only
Administrators: Vancouver School Board (VSB)
Age Group: K-12
Frequency and dates: Every year since 2011
Purpose: To find answers to your questions and form insights about your district.
Trends in International Mathematics and Sciences Study (TIMSS)
BC, AB, MB, ON, QU, NL (as separate regions)
Administrators: IEA, CMEC
Age Group: Grades 4 and 8 (AB and BC only did Grade 4)
Frequency and dates: Every 4 years since 1995
Purpose: To measure student performance in mathematics and science against what is expected to be taught in school.
(Manitoba) Enrolment Report
Administrators: Manitoba Government
Age Group: K-12
Frequency and dates: Every year since 2012
Purpose: Reporting by school boards for granting processes.
(Manitoba) Provincial Assessment Program
Administrators: Manitoba Government
Age Group: Grades 3, 4, 7, 8, 10 and 12
Frequency and dates:Every year (earliest available 2000)
Purpose: To enhance teaching and learning by providing feedback to students, teachers, parents, and delivering system-wide information.
(Winnipeg School Division) Class size data hub
*Winnipeg only
Administrators: Winnipeg School Division (WSD)
Age Group: K-12
Frequency and dates: Unclear (live updated, presumably)
Purpose: Provides information on the average class size at schools by grade and program.
Trends in International Mathematics and Sciences Study (TIMSS)
BC, AB, MB, ON, QU, NL (as separate regions)
Administrators: IEA, CMEC
Age Group: Grades 4 and 8 (AB and BC only did Grade 4)
Frequency and dates: Every 4 years since 1995
Purpose: To measure student performance in mathematics and science against what is expected to be taught in school.
Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS)
BC, AB, MB, ON, QU, NL (as separate regions)
Administrators: IEA, CMEC
Age Group: Grade 4
Frequency and dates: Every 5 years since 2001
Purpose: To collect information pertaining to fourth-grade students’ reading literacy evaluation.
(Newfoundland and Labrador) Education Statistics
Administrators: Newfoundland Government
Age Group: K-12
Frequency and dates: Every year (easliest available is 1970s for enrollment data)
Purpose: [None stated]
(New Brunswick) Enrolment Report
Administrators: New Brunswick Government
Age Group: K-12
Frequency and dates: Every year (earliest available is 2010 for some data)
Purpose: [None stated]
Middle Years Development Instrument (MDI)
BC, YK, and NWT
Administrators: UBC (HELP)
Age Group: Grades 4-8
Frequency and dates: Variable (every year in some areas) since 2006
Purpose: To provide a holistic picture of how children in the middle years are doing at school, at home, and in their community.
Youth Development Insturment (YDI)
Administrators: UBC (CHART Lab)
Age Group: Grades 10-12
Frequency and dates: Every year since 2020
Purpose: Population-level youth development data that may be broadly used to better understand the developmental trends, health, and well-being of adolescents in British Columbia (BC).
(NWT) Indigenous language program enrolments
Administrators: Government of Northwest Territories
Age Group: K-12
Frequency and dates: Every year (2017 to 2022 available)
Purpose: [None stated]
(NWT) Course completion
Administrators: Government of Northwest Territories
Age Group: K-12
Frequency and dates: Unclear (2021/22 available)
Purpose: [None stated]
(NWT) Attendance rates
Administrators: Government of Northwest Territories
Age Group: K-12
Frequency and dates: Every year (earliest available 2013)
Purpose: [None stated]
Nova Scotia Department of Education Statistical Summary
Administrators: Nova Scotia Government
Age Group: K-12
Frequency and dates: Every year (earliest available is 1980 for graduate data)
Purpose: [None stated]
(Nova Scotia) Discovering Opportunities Programs
Administrators: Nova Scotia Government
Age Group: Secondary
Frequency and dates: Every year since 2016
Purpose: [None stated]
(Nova Scotia) Co-op Programs
Administrators: Nova Scotia Government
Age Group: Secondary
Frequency and dates: Every year since 2017
Purpose: [None stated]
(Nova Scotia) SchoolsPlus sites
Administrators: Nova Scotia Government
Age Group: K-12
Frequency and dates: Every year since 2017
Purpose: [None stated]
(Nova Scotia) Skilled Trade Centres
Administrators: Nova Scotia Government
Age Group: Secondary
Frequency and dates: Every year since 2016
Purpose: [None stated]
Halifax Regional Centre for Education
*Halifax only
Administrators: Halifax Regional Centre for Education (HRCE)
Age Group: K-12
Frequency and dates: Unclear (live updated, presumably)
Purpose: A snapshot of HRCE’s diverse, growing school landscape
(Nunavut) School Attendance and Truancy Rates
Administrators: Government of Nunavut
Age Group: K-12
Frequency and dates: Every year (only 2001 to 2014 available)
Purpose: [None stated]
The Ontario Student Drug Use and Health Survey (OSDUHS)
Administrators: CAMH, York Univeristy
Age Group: Grades 7-12
Frequency and dates: Every two years since 1977
Purpose: Tracking student substance use and mental and physical health over time (longest runnning Canadian)
The COMPASS Study
ON and AB
Administrators: University of Waterloo, Health Canada
Age Group: Grades 9 to 12
Frequency and dates: Recurring at unclear intervals (launched 2012)
Purpose: For enabling the timely and robust generation of knowledge and evidence to advance youth health, by building the capacity to integrate research, evaluation, policy, and practice within the Canadian (and international) prevention system.
Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS)
BC, AB, MB, ON, QU, NL (as separate regions)
Administrators: IEA, CMEC
Age Group: Grade 4
Frequency and dates: Every 5 years since 2001
Purpose: To collect information pertaining to fourth-grade students’ reading literacy evaluation.
Trends in International Mathematics and Sciences Study (TIMSS)
BC, AB, MB, ON, QU, NL (as separate regions)
Administrators: IEA, CMEC
Age Group: Grades 4 and 8 (AB and BC only did Grade 4)
Frequency and dates: Every 4 years since 1995
Purpose: To measure student performance in mathematics and science against what is expected to be taught in school.
Ontario School Information System (OnSIS)
Administrators: Ontario Government
Age Group: K-12
Frequency and dates: Every year (earliest available 2017)
Purpose: To develop policies for Ontario schools, allocate funding, and track needs and improvements.
(Ontario) Education Quality and Accountability Office (EQAO)
Administrators: Ontario Government
Age Group: Grades 3, 6, 9, 10
Frequency and dates: Every year since 1997
Purpose: Contributes to the quality and accountability of Ontario’s publicly funded education system for K-12.
Ontario Marginalization Index (ON-Marg)
Administrators: Public Health Ontario, MAP Centre for Urban Health Solutions at St. Michael’s Hospital
Age Group: Neighbourhoods
Frequency and dates:Updated with new Census data, first developed in 2001
Purpose: ON-Marg measures multiple axes of marginalization in Ontario, including economic, ethno-racial, age-based and social marginalization.
Annual Ontario School Survey
Administrators: People for Education
Age Group: K-12
Frequency and dates:Annually since 1998 (ended in 2024)
Purpose: To keep track of the essential resources and programs in Ontario’s schools, and how they are affected by changes to provincial policy and funding.
(Toronto District School Board) Student Census
*Toronto only
Administrators: Toronto District School Board
Age Group: K-12
Frequency and dates: Every 5 years since 2006
Purpose: An opportunity for students to share their voice and provide valuable information to help improve our schools and system.
(Toronto District School Board) Learning Opportunity Index
*Toronto only
Administrators: Toronto District School Board
Age Group: K-12
Frequency and dates: Every 3 years since 2011
Purpose: The LOI ranks each school based on measures of external challenges affecting student success.
PEI Annual Report
Administrators: Prince Edward Island Government
Age Group: K-12
Frequency and dates: Every year (easliest available is 2010)
Purpose: To support evidence-based practices in schools, lead changes to advance student success, and increase schools’ technological capacity.
Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS)
BC, AB, MB, ON, QU, NL (as separate regions)
Administrators: IEA, CMEC
Age Group: Grade 4
Frequency and dates: Every 5 years since 2001
Purpose: To collect information pertaining to fourth-grade students’ reading literacy evaluation.
Trends in International Mathematics and Sciences Study (TIMSS)
BC, AB, MB, ON, QU, NL (as separate regions)
Administrators: IEA, CMEC
Age Group: Grades 4 and 8 (AB and BC only did Grade 4)
Frequency and dates: Every 4 years since 1995
Purpose: To measure student performance in mathematics and science against what is expected to be taught in school.
Québec Survey on the Preschool Path of Kindergarten Students
BC, AB, MB, ON, QU, NL (as separate regions)
Administrators: Québec Government
Age Group: Kindergarten
Frequency and dates: Recurring at unclear intervals (launched 2016)
Purpose: Paint a portrait of preschooler activity for children in Québec by sociodemographic factors and understand the impact of COVID
Growing Up in Québec study (children born in 2020 or 2021)
Administrators: Québec Government
Age Group: Birth to adulthood
Frequency and dates:Recurring at unclear intervals (launched 1998; new cohort born in 2020)
Purpose: To better understand the factors that influence children’s well-being and development, reveal needs of children and families, and support responsive policy development.
(Québec) Indices de défavorisation
Administrators: Québec Government
Age Group: Birth to adulthood
Frequency and dates: Unclear
Purpose: [None Stated]
[DISCONTINUED:] Québec Longitudinal Study of Child Development (QLSCD)
Administrators: Québec Government, UQAM, McGill, Sherbooke, University of Montreal
Age Group: Birth to 25 years
Frequency and dates: 1998 to 2023
Purpose: To identify factors that, coming into play during early childhood, affect the social adjustment and academic performance of young Québeckers.
Saskatoon Public Schools Annual Report
*Saskatoon only
Administrators: Saskatoon Public Schools (SPS)
Age Group: K-12
Frequency and dates: Every year (first unclear)
Purpose: To provide information about the Saskatoon Public School Division, including how the divions actualized the provincial education plan and progressed towards provincial targets.
Saskatchewan Student Assessment Program
Administrators: Saskatoon Government
Age Group: Grades 4, 5, 7, 9, 10
Frequency and dates: Every year beginning in 2025
Purpose: To prepare students for success with the skills and knowledge needed for the future, ensure students are supported in their learning and ensure education is globally recognized.
Middle Years Development Instrument (MDI)
BC, YK, and NWT
Administrators: UBC (HELP)
Age Group: Grades 4-8
Frequency and dates: Variable (every year in some areas) since 2006
Purpose: To provide a holistic picture of how children in the middle years are doing at school, at home, and in their community.