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Python classes in Canada

Python is the language most Canadian learners meet first, whether that is a ten year old making a turtle draw a snowflake, a Grade 11 student writing the Canadian Computing Competition, or an analyst in Calgary tired of copying spreadsheets by hand. This page answers the questions that come before a first class: which version of Python to install this school year, where Python already turns up in Canadian schools and contests, what learning it looks like at 9, 14 and 40, and what a learner can do with a real 300,000-row file from the City of Winnipeg.

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In short

Python classes in Canada teach learners to write, test and explain Python 3 programs, from first lines to files, data and small apps, with children from about 9, teens from 13 and adults at any age in separate courses. Modern Age Coders teaches them live online, in a batch or one to one, for example in Python for Teens.

One Python course per age

Three Python courses for learners in Canada

The same language, taught three different ways, because a nine year old, a fifteen year old and a forty year old do not learn alike.

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Python and AI for Kids

Ages 9 to 12, complete beginners. Eight to ten months of typed Python: turtle art, Pygame games and kid-safe AI projects.

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Python for Teens

Ages 13 to 18. Ten to twelve months from first programs through object-oriented code, web projects and a capstone.

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Python Masterclass for adults

Ages 18 and up, complete beginners welcome. Nine to eleven months from core Python to professional tooling.

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Which Python, this year

Which version of Python to install in 2026 to 2027

New learners often ask which Python to download, and the answer changed this month. These dates come from the Python project's own release schedules (PEPs 745 and 790) and python.org, read on 22 October 2026.

Recent Python releases and their support, from python.org and the release schedule PEPs (read 22 October 2026)
ReleaseDateWhat the Python project says
Python 3.14.0Tuesday, 2025-10-07PEP 745: "Python 3.14 will receive bugfix updates approximately every two months for approximately 24 months."
Python 3.15.0Friday, 2026-10-09PEP 790 lists "3.15.0 final" for that day.
Python 3.15.1Oct. 21, 2026python.org: "an expedited security release and the first maintenance release of 3.15".
Python 3.15 security fixesUntil about October 2031PEP 790 expects source-only security releases "until approximately October 2031".
Python on the CCC graderFor the 17 February 2027 contestCEMC's sample document lists Python 3 as "Pypy3 7.3.9 (running Python 3.8.13)".

Our advice for a new learner

Install the newest Python 3 release from python.org, unless a school or employer says otherwise. On 22 October 2026 that is the 3.15 line, whose first maintenance release came out the day before. Anything we teach in a first year works the same on 3.14.

Avoid Python 2. It is still listed as a CCC language, but it is not what any new course teaches, and code written for it trips over small differences in Python 3.

The exception: contest practice

A student preparing for the Canadian Computing Competition should write code that also runs on Python 3.8, because that is what the CCC grader runs. Newer features, such as the match statement, fail there.

We teach contest students to keep to the plain core of the language for that reason. It loses nothing: loops, lists, dictionaries and functions are the same in every recent version.

Sources: PEP 745, Python 3.14 release schedule; PEP 790, Python 3.15 release schedule; python.org, Python 3.15.1; CCC sample programs. All read 22 October 2026.

Python in Canada

Where Python already meets Canadian students

No province requires Python by name in the documents we read, but several ask for exactly the skills Python teaches well, and the national student programming contest and a free set of lessons from the University of Waterloo both use it.

Places a Canadian learner meets Python or the skills it teaches (sources read 22 October 2026)
WhereWhat the source saysWhy Python fits
CEMC's Computer Science CirclesFree "Python Programming Tutorials"; "These lessons teach Python version 3"A free, self-paced introduction from the University of Waterloo's CEMC
Canadian Computing Competition"CCC participants may use C, C++, Python 2, Python 3, or Java."Python is allowed at both levels, though CEMC warns a perfect score is not always possible in Python or Java
Ontario, Grade 8 mathCode "that involves the analysis of data in order to inform and communicate decisions"Reading a file and summarising it is a few lines of Python
Ontario, Grade 9 math (MTH1W)"use coding to demonstrate an understanding of algebraic concepts including variables, parameters, equations, and inequalities"Python variables and functions mirror the algebra directly
British Columbia, Computer Science 11Decomposition: "dividing complex problems into parts that are easier to conceive, understand, and program"Python functions are the natural unit for those parts

Free Python, and why a class still helps

CEMC says of its resources: "There is no registration or fee required to access these materials." A motivated learner can go a long way with Computer Science Circles alone, and we recommend it.

What a free course cannot do is watch a learner think. Most people who stall with Python stall at the same place: they can follow an example, but cannot start a program from a blank file. A teacher sees that in minutes and changes the exercise.

Python or another first language?

For most learners in Canada, Python first. It reads close to English, runs the same on Windows, Mac and Chromebook-friendly online editors, and leads straight into data, automation and AI.

The exception is a student whose school course is taught in Java. Learning the school's language first avoids a confusing double load in Grade 11, and the habits transfer either way.

Sources: Computer Science Circles; CEMC, CCC; Ontario curriculum, mathematics; BC Computer Science 11. Read 22 October 2026. Modern Age Coders is not connected with CEMC or any ministry.

By age

Learning Python at 9, at 14 and at 40

We teach Python in three separate courses because the reasons for learning, the attention span and the first projects all differ. The rows below summarise each course's own syllabus.

Our three Python courses, from their published syllabuses
Python and AI for KidsPython for TeensPython Masterclass (adults)
Ages9 to 1213 to 1818 and up
Length8 to 10 months10 to 12 months9 to 11 months
Live classesTwo a weekTwo a weekTwo a week
Practice between classes2 to 3 hours3 to 4 hours4 to 6 hours
First stretchPython basics, then turtle artFoundations and object-oriented codeCore Python
MiddleReal gamesGames, apps and automation; Python on the webProfessional Python and a working toolkit
EndKid-safe AI and a finale projectAI, quality and a capstoneThree specialist roads and a finale

At 9

Short programs with a visible result: a turtle drawing a maple leaf, a guessing game. The win is typing a line correctly and reading it back aloud. Typing speed matters more than anyone expects.

At 14

Programs that solve something: a quiz with scores saved to a file, a small web page, a CCC Junior problem. The win is splitting a problem into functions before writing any of them.

At 40

Programs that remove a chore: renaming files, merging reports, reading a city dataset. The win is trusting your own script enough to use it on real work, because you tested it on purpose.

A real data project

Summarising Winnipeg's 305,969 trees in twenty lines of Python

The City of Winnipeg publishes its tree inventory under an open licence that allows commercial reuse: one row per city tree, with the species, the neighbourhood and the trunk diameter. At 42.9 MB it is far too big to scroll through, which makes it the right file for learning to summarise. The program, the rule inside it and every number below are ours, from the file downloaded on 22 October 2026.

The question: which species are most common on Winnipeg's city-owned land, and how thick is a typical trunk of each? The columns used are Common Name and Diameter at Breast Height, in centimetres.

Our program · tree_sizes.pypython
# Our Winnipeg tree summary (Modern Age Coders, written for this page)
import csv
from statistics import median

sizes = {}            # species name -> list of trunk diameters in cm
skipped = 0

with open("winnipeg-tree-inventory.csv", encoding="utf-8") as f:
    for row in csv.DictReader(f):            # one row at a time, never the whole file
        name = row["Common Name"].strip().lower()
        cm = float(row["Diameter at Breast Height"])
        if cm <= 0 or cm > 500:              # our sanity rule: no zero trunks, none wider than 5 m
            skipped += 1
            continue
        sizes.setdefault(name, []).append(cm)

top = sorted(sizes.items(), key=lambda pair: len(pair[1]), reverse=True)[:5]
for name, cms in top:
    print(f"{name:26}{len(cms):7}   mean {sum(cms) / len(cms):5.1f}   median {median(cms):5.1f}")
print("species:", len(sizes), " skipped rows:", skipped)
Output on the city's file (about two seconds on a laptop)text
green ash                   81885   mean  31.4   median  31.0
american elm                39651   mean  43.7   median  47.0
linden species              28540   mean  28.1   median  28.0
siberian elm                17940   mean  40.5   median  38.0
bur oak                     16226   mean  33.5   median  32.0
species: 197  skipped rows: 137

Green ash is the most common species by a wide margin. American elm has the thickest typical trunk of the five, and its median is larger than its mean.

Four decisions inside the program, and what each one protects against (our checks on the same file)
DecisionWhat we foundWhy it matters
Use csv.DictReader, not line.split(",")A plain split gives the wrong number of columns on 20,051 rowsNames such as "Manitoba maple, boxelder" contain a comma inside quotes, and only a real CSV reader respects them
Read one row at a time305,969 rows pass through without loading the file into a list firstThe same code works on a file ten times larger
A written sanity rule118 trunks are listed at 0 cm; 19 are above 500 cm, the widest at 3552 cmA trunk 35 metres across is a typing error, and it would wreck a maximum
Report the median beside the meanAmerican elm: mean 43.7 cm, median 47.0 cmWhen the two differ, the data is lopsided, and one number alone misleads

The rule is a judgement, so say it

Our rule keeps diameters above 0 and up to 500 cm. It removes 137 rows. It also keeps a 489 cm American elm in Kildonan Park, which is almost certainly another error, and 75 values above 200 cm in all. A stricter rule is defensible; so is a looser one.

What is not defensible is having no rule. We ask every learner to write the rule as a comment, report how many rows it removed, and show the result both with and without it.

What changes across ages

A twelve year old runs this program with the teacher, changes the species list and explains the output. A teenager writes it from a blank file and adds a neighbourhood filter. An adult rebuilds it with pandas and compares the two approaches line by line.

All three meet the same three ideas: never trust a split on commas, look at the extremes before the averages, and write down every rule that removes data.

Data: City of Winnipeg Open Data, Tree Inventory. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence, Winnipeg. The licence allows use "including for commercial purposes". Program, rule and results are ours; the City of Winnipeg does not endorse this page.

Exercises

Six ways to extend the Winnipeg program

Our exercises, each with the answer we got on the same file, so a learner can check their work. Change one thing at a time and rerun.

  1. Count by location. Count trees by the Location Class column. Answer: Boulevard leads with 210,581, then Park with 89,468.
  2. The busiest neighbourhood. Which Neighbourhood value has the most trees? Answer: PULBERRY, with 6,077.
  3. Elms only. Filter to American Elm and find the neighbourhood with the most. Answer: NORTH RIVER HEIGHTS, with 1,515.
  4. The text that looks empty. Count trees in a named park. Careful: the Park column says "Not In Park" on 211,919 rows rather than being blank. Answer: 94,050 trees are in a named park.
  5. Before and after the rule. Print the single widest trunk with no rule, then with ours. Answer: 3552 cm (a Manitoba maple, boxelder) without; 489 cm (an American elm) with.
  6. Your own rule. Choose a stricter upper limit, say it in a sentence, and report how many rows it removes. For comparison, 75 values are above 200 cm.

Exercise 4 is the one most learners miss. A program that counts non-empty cells in the Park column returns all 305,969 rows, because "Not In Park" is text. Looking at the actual values before writing a condition is a habit worth more than any library.

How we teach it

Python taught as thinking, not as copying

Our promise is the same in Canada as everywhere we teach: a learner leaves able to think a problem through and solve it, not to paste an answer from a forum or an AI tool. In a Python class that shows up in three habits.

Read the error first

A Python traceback names the file, the line and the kind of mistake. Learners read it aloud before touching the code, and most bugs are found right there.

Predict the output

Before running, the learner writes down what they expect. The gap between prediction and result is where the real lesson is.

Rebuild from blank

After an example works, the learner closes it and writes it again from an empty file. What they cannot rebuild, they have not learned yet.

AI assistants and Python learners

Adults in our classes may use an AI assistant to explain an error, then must explain the fix themselves. For younger learners the companies set the limits: OpenAI's terms require a parent's or guardian's permission for anyone under 18, and Anthropic's terms set 18 as the minimum age for Claude.

Children and teens in our Python courses write their own code. An assistant can make a program appear; it cannot make the learner able to write the next one.

What progress looks like

Not the number of lessons finished, but the size of problem a learner can start alone. In the first month that is a few lines; by the end of a course it is a program like the Winnipeg summary, written from a blank file with its rule stated.

We report that progress in plain words after classes, so a parent or the learner can see it.

Times across Canada

When Python classes run for Canadian learners

Learners join from every province, and adults often need evening or weekend slots. Each class is booked in the learner's own zone; nothing on this page is a fixed batch time.

How each Canadian zone moves through 2026 to 2027 (IANA tz database, release 2026e)
Province or territoryOffset this winterChanges on 14 March 2027?
Most of British Columbia, YukonUTC-7No
Alberta, SaskatchewanUTC-6No
ManitobaUTC-5No, from 1 November 2026
Ontario, QuebecUTC-5Yes, to UTC-4
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, PEIUTC-4Yes, to UTC-3
NewfoundlandUTC-3:30Yes, to UTC-2:30

Only the eastern half of the country moves its clocks in March 2027, so a class booked across provinces can drift by an hour that week. We confirm times with every learner when Eastern clocks go back on 1 November 2026 and forward on 14 March 2027.

Four stages

How far into Python are you?

Our stages for placing a learner of any age in the first class.

Four Python stages (ours)
StageWhat the learner can do
1. Runs codeOpens an editor, runs a program, changes a value and sees the effect
2. Writes codeWrites loops, conditions and functions from a blank file
3. Uses dataReads a CSV file correctly, groups and summarises it
4. Defends codeStates the rules inside a program and tests the awkward cases on purpose

For parents and learners

Stage 2 is where most self-taught learners stall: they can follow, but not start. That is the stage a live teacher changes fastest.

Stage 3 is the Winnipeg program on this page. Stage 4 is the habit of saying why the program can be trusted.

For anyone starting

Type every example yourself; never paste it. Your fingers learn the syntax your eyes skim past.

When something breaks, read the last line of the error first. It usually tells you exactly what went wrong.

Beyond a first course

Nine more Python-based courses

Where learners go once the basics are in place, each taught live with one teacher, in a batch or one to one.

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Younger learners

Ages 9 to 15

PC / YOUNG / 01

Math through coding

School math learned in Python, ages 10 to 15.

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PC / YOUNG / 02

AI literacy for kids

How machines learn, ages 8 to 14.

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II

Teens going further

Ages 13 to 18

PC / TEEN / 01

Data science for teens

Python and first models, ages 14 to 18.

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AI and machine learning for teens

From Python to trained models.

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PC / TEEN / 03

PCEP and PCAP certification

Python certification, from about 13.

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Adults

Ages 18 and up

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Python automation

Scripting and applied AI for work.

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PC / ADULT / 03

Python web development

Django and Flask, with Python basics.

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How classes run

Live Python classes for every age

Weekdays or weekends, flexible: choose your batch, or for a very personalised plan choose 1-on-1 at your convenience, weekend mornings or weekdays.

Weekdays

After school for younger learners, evenings for adults.

Weekends

Mornings and afternoons, booked in your own zone.

1-on-1

For a learner who wants their own pace or project.

Python 3

The current release, set up together in the first class.

Separate by age

Kids, teens and adults never share a batch.

Real files

Canadian open data under licences that allow it.

Errors read aloud

Tracebacks treated as clues, not failures.

From blank files

Learners rebuild examples without looking.

Batch or private

Fifteen to twenty learners, or one to one.

Student work

Projects from our learners

Many of these began as Python programs. The student labs page has the rest.

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Questions about Python

Learning Python in Canada: common questions

Which version of Python should I install in 2026?

The newest Python 3 from python.org. Python 3.15.0 came out on 9 October 2026 and 3.15.1, an expedited security release, on 21 October 2026. Everything taught in a first year works the same on 3.14. Students practising for the CCC should keep their code compatible with Python 3.8.

What age can someone start learning Python?

Our Python and AI for Kids course starts at 9, Python for Teens covers 13 to 18, and the Python Masterclass is for adults of any age. Younger children usually start with blocks first.

Is Python taught in Canadian schools?

No provincial document we read requires Python by name. Ontario math asks for coding from Grade 1, with data analysis in Grade 8 and algebra through code in Grade 9, and BC's Computer Science 11 is built around decomposition. Many schools choose Python for those courses, and others choose Java.

Can I use Python in the Canadian Computing Competition?

Yes. CEMC allows C, C++, Python 2, Python 3 and Java. It also warns that a perfect score is not always possible in Python or Java, and its grader runs Python 3.8, so contest code should avoid the newest features.

Are there free Python lessons from a Canadian source?

Yes. CEMC at the University of Waterloo runs Computer Science Circles, free Python tutorials that teach Python 3, and says its resources need no registration or fee. A live class adds a teacher who watches how you think.

How long does it take to learn Python?

Our courses run eight to twelve months with two live classes a week, depending on age. Most learners write useful small programs within the first two months; writing a program like our Winnipeg tree summary from a blank file takes longer.

Can adults in Canada learn Python for work?

Yes. Our Python Masterclass is for complete beginners aged 18 and up, and the automation and data analysis courses build on it. We make no job or salary promises; we teach the skill.

Do learners use ChatGPT or Claude to write Python?

Not to write it for them. Adults may ask an assistant to explain an error and then fix it themselves. OpenAI requires a parent's or guardian's permission under 18, and Anthropic requires Claude users to be 18 or over, so children and teens write their own code.

What times are Python classes in Canada?

Weekdays or weekends, flexible: choose your batch, or for a very personalised plan choose 1-on-1 at your convenience, weekend mornings or weekdays. Classes are booked in your own province's time zone.

What projects will I build?

It depends on the course: turtle art and games for children, apps and a capstone for teens, automation and data work for adults. Everyone works with real files, such as the City of Winnipeg tree inventory on this page.

Elsewhere on this site

Related pages

More about Python, and more for learners in Canada.

Coding classes in Canada

Every Canadian page we have.

CCC Junior guide

Contest Python for the 2027 CCC.

Python from the ground up

The language explained from first principles.

Python for 10 year olds

What Python looks like for a child.

Python for 14 year olds

What Python looks like for a teen.

Python for data science

Where the Winnipeg project leads.

Python indentation errors

The error beginners meet first.

How to read code

Reading before writing.

MDM4U data management

Ontario's Grade 12 data course.

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