You're not alone there. In Ontario, Canada, we used to have a thirteenth grade as University prep, but Grade XII got you a high school diploma if you weren't Un

You're not alone there. In Ontario, Canada, we used to have a thirteenth grade as University prep, but Grade XII got you a high school diploma if you weren't Uni bound. (Grade XII would get you into a college of applied arts and technology or -- if anyone here is old enogh to remember those days -- straight into the workforce.) In Quebec, there is CEGEP (Collège d'enseignement général et professionnel) between high school and University, and it functions both as a trade school and as the equivalent of an A-level, depending on which track you choose to take. I'd say that if you were handed a diploma after completing elementary education but before graduating University, it's safe to say you graduated high school in your context.