Editing Associate degree (section)

===Canada===
{{Hatnote inline|See [[Higher education in Canada]], [[Universities in Canada]]||inline=no}} 
[[Education in Canada]] is a provincial power: each [[Provinces and territories of Canada|province and territory]] regulates tertiary education and degree system in their jurisdictions, with pan-Canadian co-ordination in a Council of Ministers of Education, Canada.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cmec.ca/158/Postsecondary_Education.html|title=Council of Ministers of Education, Canada > Programs & Initiatives > Postsecondary Education > Overview|website=CMEC}}</ref> [[British Columbia]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bctransferguide.ca/associate|title=Associate Degrees|publisher=British Columbia Commission on Admissions and Transfer|access-date=19 January 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.douglascollege.ca/study-at-douglas/ways-to-study/associate-degree|title=Associate Degrees|publisher=[[Douglas College]]|access-date=19 January 2017}}</ref> is the only Canadian province offering American-style associate degrees.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.canadim.com/study/become-an-international-student/levels-study/|title=Levels of Study|website=Canadim}}</ref> Similar to the U.S., these consist of a two-year program and allow for articulation onto the third year of a bachelor's degree program. Other provinces do not offer associate degrees but do offer similar [[higher education]] qualifications below the bachelor's level: These are two-year courses resulting in a diploma in a broad range of technical, professional and academic subjects. Articulation into bachelor's programs are the norm but can differ by subject (with some specialties rarer among bachelor's). [[Ontario]] also offers three-year [[Ontario College Advanced Diploma|advanced diplomas]] which are not considered as associate degrees.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ontariocolleges.ca/ontcol/home/plan/program-types/diploma-programs.html |title=Diploma Programs at Ontario Colleges |publisher=ontariocolleges.ca |access-date=2013-07-25}}</ref> The territories have fewer but similar diploma programs, some being particularly geared to Arctic environments, and northern Indigenous cultures and languages, with bachelor's programs being a mix of [[Yukon University|local provision]], partnerships with [[Akitsiraq Law School|institutions]] based elsewhere in Canada and [[University of the Arctic|international consortia]]. Indigenous nations in most provinces have education systems also provide First Nations-focused diplomas programs, with [[Higher education in Canada|North American Aboriginal education bodies]]. In [[Quebec]], the ''[[Diplôme d'études collégiales]]'' (diploma of college studies), taught at post-secondary ''collèges d'enseignement général et professionnel'' (colleges of general and professional education; ''cégeps'') can be a two-year pre-university qualification that is a pre-requisite for entry into the bachelor's degree. However, because a bachelor's degree in Quebec takes 3 years to complete instead of 4 years, it can be thought as an articulation onto the second year of a standard North American bachelor's degree program. Quebec also has a three-year Cégep technical programme preparing students for employment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.cicic.ca/1174/Postsecondary-education-in-Quebec/index.canada|title=Postsecondary Education in Quebec|publisher=Canadian Information Centre for International Credentials|access-date=20 January 2017}}</ref>