Canada
In Canada, Grade Nine can be either the first or second year of high school, or the last year or second to last year of middle school (a grades 6-8 school is called Middle School, a grades 7-9 school is called Jr. High). Grade nines in Canada are 13 to 15, depending on the time in the school year.
Graduating requirements in Ontario:
- 1 French
- 1 Physical Education & Health
- 1 Canadian Geography
- 1 Canadian History
- 1 The Arts (Optional between drama, art, or music)
- 0.5 Civics
- 0.5 Careers
- 2 Science
- 3 Math
- 4 English
- 1 additional credit (group 1): additional credit in English, or French as a second language,** or a Native language, or a classical or an international language, or social sciences and the humanities, or *Canadian and world studies, or guidance and career education, or cooperative education***
- 1 additional credit (group 2): additional credit in health and physical education, or the arts, or business studies, or French as a second language,** or cooperative education***
- 1 additional credit (group 3): additional credit in science (Grade 11 or 12), or technological education, or French as a second language,** or computer studies, or cooperative education***
- Plus 12 optional credits
- Plus a successful pass on the provincial literacy requirement
- A maximum of 3 credits in English as a second language (ESL) or English literacy development (ELD) may be counted towards the 4 compulsory credits in English, but the fourth must be a credit earned for a Grade 12 compulsory English course.
- In groups 1, 2, and 3, a maximum of 2 credits in French as a second language can count as compulsory credits, one from group 1 and one from either group 2 or group 3.
- A maximum of 2 credits in cooperative education can count as compulsory credits.
- In groups 1, 2, and 3, a maximum of 2 credits in French as a second language can count as compulsory credits, one from group 1 and one from either group 2 or group 3.
†The 12 optional credits may include up to 4 credits earned through approved dual credit courses.
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