Canadian GED Replaced by CAEC
Canada has replaced the GED exam with the Canadian-made Canadian Adult Education Credential (CAEC) on May 3, 2024. You can read more on this page: The transition from GED to CEAC in Canada.
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In Canada’s Prince Edward Island, the GED exam was offered for free, and we assume this will continue for the CAEC. So you’ll understand that the exam is available for residents only, but this counts for all provinces and territories.
Upon taking the CAEC exam at a test center, you’ll be required to show proof of your Prince Edward Island residency with a valid and current photo ID that includes your Canadian address.
Onsego offers online classes to prepare for the CAEC test quickly, but we do not offer the exam. More information is available on the Holland College website, for example.
In Prince Edward Island, you must be 18 years old or older to be able to take the CAEC exam, and you must also have been officially withdrawn from school for at least one year.
To become fully prepared for the CAEC test, students are advised to attend a well-structured, accredited online prep program like the Canadian online CAEC classes developed by Onsego.
Prince Edward Island education authorities may give some consideration to underage CAEC test-takers under extreme medical circumstances, and underage homeschoolers may also qualify for CAEC testing if they want to earn a grade-12 credential.
All Canadian provinces and territories do NOT allow residents from other provinces to write the CAEC exam in their jurisdictions.
CAEC Official Practice Test
Prince Edward Island does not require GED candidates to take a CAEC prep course in an adult education center or register for an online course, but all CAEC hopefuls are required to first take the official practice test and attain at least a passing score before they can register for the real test. To register for the official CAEC practice test, please call 1-800-446-5265, option 3.
In Prince Edward Island, the CAEC exam is available both on paper and on a computer, and you are allowed to switch between computer and paper testing to combine the options. The information mentioned above applied to the GED test, and we assume it also applies to CAEC testing.
What’s on the CAEC Test?
The Canadian CAEC test includes five separate, independent subtests that include mostly multiple-choice questions. Only the essay part is different. The five sub-exams cover the subject areas of Language Arts Writing, Language Arts Reading, Mathematics, Social Studies, and Science.
The CAEC exam offers adults who, for some reason, didn’t finish high school the chance to get hold of an educational degree that is the equivalency of a common high school degree.
On this website, you can learn all about the CAEC exam in Canada. Across Canada’s provinces and territories, the regulations and requirements may vary, and we tell you all about it in detail. We also explain what is required to write the 5-test Canadian CAEC test successfully, quickly, and without stress.
We often refer to the CAEC prep course from Onsego because they offer an affordable, complete, and top-notch prep program that addresses each and every topic found on the GED or CAEC exam.
The Onsego course comes with entertaining, short video lessons that present the study material in small, bite-sized pieces that cover one topic at a time. This course is recognized by GED Testing Service® with the qualification “fully GED Test-Aligned” as one of only 20 GED online preparatory courses, and this also applies to the CAEC exam.
In Canada, online CAEC testing is not possible, so you need to write the five GED subtests at an official Canada testing center. The five sub-exams are modular assessments that you can take in any order and at the time you’re ready to do so.
CAEC timed tests
The five Canadian CAEC sub-exams are timed tests. Most students are already used to that from their high school days. The following timeframes are given for completion:
- Language Arts Writing: 120 minutes (Part 1, 75 minutes; Part 2, 45 minutes-essay
- Language Arts Reading: 65 minutes
- Mathematics: 90 minutes
- Social Studies: 70 minutes
- Science: 80 minutes
- The CAEC exam is generally available in Charlottetown, Alberton, and Summerside.
Prince Edward Island CAEC test centers
- Holland College – West Prince Campus
509 Church Steet, Alberton, Prince Edward Island C0B 1B0, Ph: (902) 566-9628 - Workplace Learning PEI Inc.
40 Enman Crescent, Room 222, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island C1E 1E6, Ph: (902) 368-6280 - Holland College – Montgomery Hall
305 Kent Street, Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island C1A 4Z1, Ph: (902) 566-9628 - Holland College – Waterfront Campus
98 Water Street, Summerside, Prince Edward Island C1N 4N6, Ph: (902) 566-9628
Prince Edward Island is in the final stages of getting the CAEC exam approved. Expectations are that CAEC testing will be available from mid-September.
Contact information
For more information, please contact:
Province of Prince Edward Island CAEC Testing Program
Atlantic Technology Center
176 Great George Street, Suite 212, Charlottetown, PE C1A 4K9
Ph: 902.368.4650
Fax: 902.368.6144