Canada

Canada has a large selection of universities and university-affiliated colleges located in both urban and rural settings in every region of the country. Universities are internationally recognized for their quality of teaching and research. Degrees from Canadian universities are considered to be equivalent to those from US and other Commonwealth universities. Canadian universities are largely publicly funded; as a result they are of a consistently high quality, regardless of location or field of study. They all retain a high degree of academic autonomy. The Canadian education system encompasses both publicly-funded schools and private schools, from kindergarten to university. Education is a provincial responsibility under the Canadian constitution, which means that there are significant differences between the education systems of different provinces. However, standards across the country are uniformly high.