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Social and Cultural Life in Canada Welfare Canada was selected to be the best county for human living. Canada has a reputation of Immigrants paradise. Canada has the world’s best welfare system. Education System Canadian children attend kindergarten for one or two years at the age of four or five on a voluntary basis. All children begin Grade One at about six years of age. The school year normally runs from September through the following June but in some instances, January intake dates are possible. Secondary schools go up to Grades 11or 12, depending on the province. Students may attend university, college or General and Vocational Education, and is two years of general or three years of technical education between high school and university. Sports Sports in Canada?consists of a wide variety of games. There are many contests that?Canadians?value, the most common are?ice hockey,?lacrosse,?Canadian football,?basketball,?soccer,?curling?and?baseball, with?ice hockey?and?lacrosse?being the official winter and summer sports, respectively. Ice hockey, referred to as simply hockey, is Canadas most prevalent?winter sport,[1]?its most popular spectator sport, and its most successful sport in international competition. It is Canadas official national winter sport.[1]?Lacrosse, a sport withNative American?origins, is Canadas oldest and official?summer sport. ? Canadian football?is Canadas second most popular spectator sport,[2]?and the?Canadian Football Leagues annual championship, the?Grey Cup, is the countrys largest annual sports event.[3]?While other sports have a larger spectator base,?Association football, known in Canada as?soccer?in both English and French, has the most registered players of any team sport in Canada.[4]?Professional teams exist in many cities in Canada.Statistics Canada[5]?reports that the top ten sports that Canadians participate in are?golf, ice hockey,?swimming, soccer, basketball, baseball,?v