Ontario requirements for religious exercises in publicly funded elementary and secondary schools are more like those of England and Scotland than like those of most other Canadian provinces. Ontario regulations insist on religious exercises at the opening of the school day, the exercises to consist of "the reading of the Scriptures or other suitable readings and the repeating of the Lord's Prayer or other suitable prayers." No provision is made in provincial regulations for exemption of individual students from these exercises. Only one other Canadian province, British Columbia, requires that all schools conduct religious exercises at the opening of the day, although it does permit exemption of individual students. The eight other provinces present a variety of more flexible statutory and/or regulatory provisions, ranging from school board opting-out and opting-in features to complete absence of any legal provisions for religious exercises. England and Scotland, like Ontario, both insist on religious exercises at the beginning of the school day, though both allow for exemptions of individual students. Comparison with other commonwealth countries was impossible due to the absence of data. (Author)