[5] It is also one of three countries worldwide, along with the United States and South Africa, that hosts an organization with lawyers on staff which serves the legal needs of home educators.
[9] Karl M. Bunday estimated, in 1995, based on journalistic reports, that about 1 percent of school-age children were homeschooled.
[citation needed] In 2016, approximately 1% to 2% of North American children are homeschooled, which includes about 60,000 in Canada.
Distributed learning is an online program that is directed by a teacher that meets provincial standards for education.
[4][15][5][16] Some provinces have implemented policies that require parents to notify school boards of their decision to homeschool.
Despite a positive environment that supports and encourages alternatives to traditional schooling, it is estimated that less than 0.5% of Canadian families were homeschooling in 2015.