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Education in British Columbia comprises public and private primary and secondary schools throughout the province. Like most other provinces in Canada, education is compulsory from ages 6–16 (grades 1–10), although the vast majority of students remain in school until they graduate from high school at the age of 18.
Canada Council for the Arts Act, 1957; Hospital Insurance and Diagnostic Services Act, 1957; Canadian Bill of Rights, 1960; Narcotic Control Act, 1961; Canada Labour Code, 1967; Criminal Law Amendment Act, 1968–69; Arctic Waters Pollution Prevention Act, 1970; Consumer Packaging and Labeling Act, 1970; Weights and Measures Act, 1970
They are organized by alphabetical order and are updated and amended by the Government of Canada from time to time. [1] [2] The Revised Statutes of Canada (RSC) consolidates current federal laws in force, incorporating amendments into acts, adding new substantive acts enacted since the last revision and deleting rescinded acts.
Trinity Western University, in Langley British Columbia, was founded in 1962 as a junior college and received full accreditation in 1985. In 2002, British Columbia's Quest University became the first privately funded liberal arts university without a denominational affiliation (although it is not the first private liberal arts university). Many ...
Grant's Law; H. Human Rights Code (British Columbia) L. Local Government Act (British Columbia) P. Personal Information Protection Act (British Columbia)
In 1995, Meighan estimated the total number of homeschoolers in Canada to be 10,000 official and 20,000 unofficial. [9] Karl M. Bunday estimated, in 1995, based on journalistic reports, that about 1 percent of school-age children were homeschooled. [10] In April 2005, the total number of registered homeschool students in British Columbia was ...
The British North American Act (BNA Act) was the piece of legislation signed during Canada's confederation. [12] In 1863, Sir Richard W. Scott created the Separate Schools Act (also known as the Scott Act), which outlined the creation of a separate school system that would grant religious privileges to students - in this case, Catholic.
From 1870 to 1905, the area between Manitoba and British Columbia was the North-West Territories, created by federal legislation. The federal laws relating to the North-West Territories required that the territorial government institute a system for publicly funded schools with a religious component.