| Province or Territory | Description of LRE |
|---|
| Alberta | “… regular classrooms in neighbourhood schools…first placement option.” |
| British Columbia | “… equitable access to learning by all students.” |
| Manitoba | “… students with special learning needs in regular classroom settings.” |
| New Brunswick | “… with same-age peers in most enabling environments.” |
| Newfoundland and Labrador | “… programming is delivered with age peers except where compelling reasons exist.” |
| Northwest Territories | “… whenever possible, access to an education program in a classroom setting.” |
| Nova Scotia | “… within regular instructional settings with their peers in age.” |
| Nunavut | “… equal access for all students to educational programs offered in regular classroom settings with their peers.” |
| Ontario | “… integration as the first consideration.” |
| Prince Edward Island | “… most enabling environment that allows opportunities to interact with peers.” |
| Quebec | “… a view to facilitating their learning and social integration.” |
| Saskatchewan | “… students with exceptional needs…should experience education…in inclusive settings.” |
| Yukon | “… in the least restrictive and most enabling environment to the extent that is considered practicable.” |
| Sources: Edmunds & Edmunds, 2008; Saskatchewan Education, 2000. |