How to read this page
Manitoba publishes its curriculum as long official documents written for teachers. This page is the same content, translated for the fridge door: each subject below shows this year's units and the skills inside them. If a skill sounds unfamiliar, that's the point — now you know what to ask about at dinner.
Mathematics this year
Math builds in layers, and this year's layer matters — each unit below leans on the ones before it. In Manitoba, that's Grade 9 Mathematics (10F) — 4 units, 34 skills.
Patterns and Relations
- Generalizing patterns with linear equations
- Solving linear equations
Shape and Space
- The perpendicular from the centre to a chord
- Surface area of composite objects
See the full Grade 9 Mathematics (10F) curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
English Language Arts this year
Reading, writing, and speaking skills deepen this year — less "can they read it," more "what do they make of it." In Manitoba, that's English Language Arts, Grade 9 — 4 units, 47 skills.
Explore and Discover Language and Literacy
- Listening critically to oral texts
- Adjusting language to foster inclusive interaction
- Using the rules and structures of oral language
Comprehend and Respond to Multimodal Texts
- Activating prior knowledge to build understanding
- Engaging with a variety of multimodal texts
- Analyzing and synthesizing information across sources
Compose and Create Multimodal Texts
- Selecting and focusing a topic
- Researching and evaluating sources
- Planning with strategies and tools
Communicate Ideas and Build New Understandings
- Using tone, volume and expression for delivery
- Reflecting on and reviewing personal growth
- Setting learning goals and planning steps
See the full English Language Arts, Grade 9 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
Science this year
Science gets more structured this year — real investigations, real explanations, real vocabulary. In Manitoba, that's Science, Grade 9 (Senior 1) — 5 units, 70 skills.
Scientific Skills and Inquiry
- Select and use appropriate methods and tools for collecting
Reproduction
- Illustrate and explain the process of mitotic cell division
- Compare and contrast the functions of mitosis to that of meiosis
- Observe, collect, and analyze class data of single trait
Atoms and Elements
- Describe how historical ideas and models furthered our understanding
- Investigate the development of the periodic table as a
- Investigate properties of substances and explain the importance of knowing these properties
Nature of Electricity
- Demonstrate evidence for the existence of two types of charge
- Investigate common electrostatic technologies and phenomena and describe measures
- Identify the five sources of electrical energy and some
Exploration of the Universe
- Use a coordinate system to locate visible celestial objects,
- Differentiate between units of measure used for astronomical distances,
- Evaluate the impact of space science and technologies in terms of their benefits and risks to humans
See the full Science, Grade 9 (Senior 1) curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
French this year
French builds through listening, speaking, and simple reading — confidence first, grammar second. In Manitoba, that's Core French, Grade 9 — 4 units, 27 skills.
Oral Communication
- Understanding and retelling oral messages
- Describing people and things
- Expressing feelings and giving advice
Writing
- Purpose, conventions, and describing
- Writing feelings, opinions, and advice
- Organizing varied, coherent texts
See the full Core French, Grade 9 curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →
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Common questions
What does my child learn in Grade 9 in Manitoba?
Manitoba's official curriculum sets out Mathematics, English Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, French for Grade 9 — 238 specific skills in total. The big themes: Mathematics covers number and patterns and relations; English Language Arts covers explore and discover language and literacy and comprehend and respond to multimodal texts; Science covers scientific skills and inquiry and reproduction. The full list is on this page.
Is this the official Manitoba curriculum?
It's built from Manitoba's official program of studies, reorganized into plain language — and each subject links to a course page that quotes the ministry's own wording and links to the government source, so you can check our work. One honest caveat: we're not the ministry, curricula do change, and we can't guarantee this reflects the very latest revision, so confirm anything important against the live provincial curriculum data.
My child is finding one of these skills hard. What can I do?
That's normal — every skill on this page is one most kids wobble on at first. MapleMind teaches any of them one-on-one: a short lesson in plain words, a worked example, then solving together. It's free to start, on any device, in 14 languages.
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MapleMind isn't affiliated with any ministry of education. We build these guides from each province's official program of studies and refresh them from time to time — but curricula change, and we can't guarantee this page reflects the very latest revision. Always confirm against the live provincial curriculum data. Last updated 2026-08-15.
Social Studies this year
Social studies widens the lens this year — history, geography, and how communities and governments work. In Manitoba, that's Social Studies, Grade 9 (Canada in the Contemporary World) — 4 units, 60 skills.
Diversity and Pluralism in Canada
- Factors shaping identity
- Mass media and pop culture
+ 10 more skills in this unit →Democracy and Governance in Canada
- The UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- How government affects daily life
+ 17 more skills in this unit →Canada in the Global Context
- Canada's connections with other nations
+ 10 more skills in this unit →Canada: Opportunities and Challenges
- Physical and human geography of Canada
- Social and cultural injustices in Canada's past
- Canada as an industrialized nation
+ 15 more skills in this unit →See the full Social Studies, Grade 9 (Canada in the Contemporary World) curriculum, with the ministry's own wording →