# Canada’s on-time high school graduation rate reached 84% in 2023/2024

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Topic: World · Status: published · Version: 1
Published: 2026-10-22T20:49:19.029Z · Updated: 2026-10-22T20:49:19.029Z
Record: https://davids.news/s/canada-s-on-time-high-school-graduation-rate-reached-84-in-2023-2024-75abc1a8

Statistics Canada reports an extended-time rate of 91%, allowing students two extra years to graduate.

- The agency says the gender gap in high school graduation narrowed in 2023/2024.

Why it matters: The figures show the share of Canadian youth graduating on time and within an additional two years.

## Original sources

- [Statistics Canada](<https://www.statcan.gc.ca/daily-quotidien/261021/dq261021e-eng.htm>) — primary announcement
  Adapted from Statistics Canada, The gender gap in high school graduation narrows in 2023/2024, 2026-10-21. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product. · Original report: 2026-10-21T12:30:00.000Z
  Licence: <https://www.statcan.gc.ca/en/terms-conditions/open-licence>

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