Question for British list members/PS for Goddlefrood

[Carol]

Sheryll wrote:

> Quebec is an entity all it's own. Not sure how it is now, but when I
was in high school there it only went to grade 11. After that you
headed off to CEGEP. <snip>

Carol responds:

CEGEP? Isn't that where De Nial is? (Sorry. Very bad joke.) Seriously,
what is CEGEP?

Also, it sounds as if the age levels in Canada correspond with those
in the U.S. (kindergarten at age five, with many or most kids turning
six before the end of the school year), so grade thirteen would be
eighteen-year-olds, with most turning nineteen by the end of the year?

And wouldn't most schools in Quebec use French as the primary
language, or are they all bilingual?

Carol, enjoying a respite from the heat and hoping for rain today or
tomorrow