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The Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development is engaged in a thematic review that uses a comparative framework to document and better understand how the factors affecting school-to-work transition have changed over the years, and to identify the major reasons for the success or otherwise of different policy orientations and specific programs. The review includes a series of country background reports intended to provide a brief overview of major changes in young people's transition to working life, emerging issues of concern, and policy responses in the country concerned. This report represents Canada's background report as a contribution to this review. It begins with a paper on the context of Canadian education, transition patterns and programs, and common issues across Canada. It then presents case studies on transition in Nova Scotia and Quebec. Finally, it summarizes responses to a survey on transition (trends, initiatives, programs, youth characteristics, research) in Newfoundland, New Brunswick, Ontario, Manitoba, and British Columbia.