Many provide special services for international students, designed to assist them to integrate into the academic community and to help them throughout their stay. There are two major steps to take if you wish to go to Canada to study at the secondary or post-secondary level. First, you must be accepted in a program of study by a recognised Canadian school board, secondary school or post-secondary institution. Together, these two procedures take time, and you should apply a year in advance of when you wish to begin study in Canada. Canada does not have a national education system.
Public education is under the jurisdiction of each of the ten provinces and three territories.
You must therefore find out which institutions offer the programs you want to take and contact them directly for more detailed information. The Canadian Embassy is able to provide lists showing which universities offer programs in particular subjects. An excellent source of information about Canadian universities, including links to Canadian university web sites, is the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada . Under the Canadian constitution, responsibility for all levels of education is vested in the provincial governments. There is no ministry or office of education at the federal level, and no single, national system of education.