ABSTRACT
Formal education in Canada is administered regionally, and had its beginnings in the activities of missionaries and fur traders who established schools in the far-flung settlements of the frontier. As different regions became more heavily populated and provincial governments were established, the administration of schooling became a provincial, rather than a federal, responsibility. Today, each of Canada's ten provinces and two territories develops and implements its own school curricula. Federal involvement in education is restricted to the administration of education at military bases and on Indian reserves. However, many Indian bands across the country are now in the process of establishing and administering schools that fall under their own, rather than provincial or federal, control.
