Limits in Your Province/Territory. please

[Rachael]

In NS, they go to school the year they have their 5th birthday.

Years ago, they had to be 5 years old before 1st October that year to begin school in the September (my son had to wait a full year because his birthday is 21st October, even though he'd been in mainstream school in England since he was 3.5!).

Now as long as they have their 5th birthday by 31st December, they go to school in September.

i.e. Born 01-Jan-2009 to 31-Dec-2009 then they would have gone to Primary in September 2014.

On the other end of the spectrum, children here are not meant to be left unsupervised until they are 12 years old.