Education of Canada

Adult literacy rate in Canada is 99%. Government expenditure on education is 4.9% of GDP. The education index of Canada is 0.85 - formal education levels are high, secondary education is a standard for most of the population; higher education is highly available and widespread due to the fact that graduates are economically demanded, and in many such countries having a higher education is also becoming a default option. People in Canada speak the English, and French languages.

English language

In Canada, around 1% of the population or 28,360,240 people speak English. 19,424,090 of Canada's population call English their first language. 8,936,150 of Canada's population use English as either foreign or second language.