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  • 61. Participation in Postsecondary Education: Evidence from the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics Archived
    Articles and reports: 81-595-M2005036
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This report builds on previous research examining the role of family income in postsecondary education. The paper attempts to address three broad questions using data from the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID). First, has the postsecondary education participation pattern changed in the recent past either for college and university participation, or for youth of various backgrounds? Second, how are the socio-economic factors related to postsecondary participation? Does the impact of socio-economic factors differ for college and university participation? Thirdly, for those who did pursue postsecondary education, which factors are more important in the choice of institution - university versus college?

    Release date: 2005-10-17
  • 62. Is Post-secondary Access More Equitable in Canada or the United States? Archived
    Articles and reports: 11F0019M2005244
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This comparative study investigates the role of family background characteristics in postsecondary access in Canada and the United States. Given that postsecondary schooling is funded very differently in the two countries, family background may play substantively different roles. The findings suggest that university-going is less common among lower-income students and members of a visible minority group in the U.S. than among their Canadian counterparts. Some possible reasons are discussed.

    Release date: 2005-03-15
  • 63. Saving for postsecondary education Archived
    Articles and reports: 75-001-X200410713123
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This study looks at the decision of parents to save, and amounts saved, for the future education of children aged under 19 years in 2002. A model is used to estimate cumulative parental savings, taking into consideration characteristics of the family and the child, aspirations and involvement of parents, awareness of saving incentive programs, and expectations about grant programs.

    Release date: 2004-09-21
  • 64. Long-term consequences of secondary school vouchers: Evidence from administrative records in Colombia Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-522-X20020016726
    Description:

    Although the use of school vouchers is growing in the developing world, the impact of vouchers is an open question. Any sort of long-term assessment of this activity is rare. This paper estimates the long-term effect of Colombia's PACES program, which provided over 125,000 poor children with vouchers that covered half the cost of private secondary school.

    The PACES program presents an unusual opportunity to assess the effect of demand-side education financing in a Latin American country where private schools educate a substantial proportion of pupils. The program is of special interest because many vouchers were assigned by lottery, so program effects can be reliably assessed.

    We use administrative records to assess the long-term impact of PACES vouchers on high school graduation status and test scores. The principal advantage of administrative records is that there is no loss-to-follow-up and the data are much cheaper than a costly and potentially dangerous survey effort. On the other hand, individual ID numbers may be inaccurate, complicating record linkage, and selection bias contaminates the sample of test-takers. We discuss solutions to these problems. The results suggest that the program increased secondary school completion rates, and that college-entrance test scores were higher for lottery winners than losers.

    Release date: 2004-09-13
  • 65. Paying for higher education Archived
    Articles and reports: 81-004-X20040037018
    Description:

    The past decade has seen rising costs associated with postsecondary education. Drawing on data from the Postsecondary Education Participation Survey, conducted in February and March 2002, this article examines: trends in tuition fees; annual expenditures of students in college or university for tuition, living costs and other expenses; and sources of financing relied on by students to cover costs for the 2001-2002 academic year.

    Release date: 2004-09-09
  • 66. Planning and Preparation: First Results from the Survey of Approaches to Educational Planning (SAEP), 2002 Archived
    Articles and reports: 81-595-M2003010
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This paper presents data for children aged 0 to 18 years on three important elements of educational planning related to postsecondary education: a home context that promotes and supports postsecondary education, children's academic abilities and perceptions of school, and saving and financial planning for postsecondary education. It uses data collected by the Survey of Approaches to Educational Planning (SAEP), 2002.

    Release date: 2003-11-20
  • 67. Access, Persistence and Financing: First Results from the Postsecondary Education Participation Survey (PEPS) Archived
    Articles and reports: 81-595-M2003007
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This report presents information collected by the new Postsecondary Education Participation Survey (PEPS) on three themes: access, persistence and financing.

    Release date: 2003-09-10
  • 68. Changing patterns of university finance Archived
    Articles and reports: 81-003-X20020026524
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This study examines universities' responses to reductions in government funding and changes in operating revenue and expenditures over the past 15 years, using the Financial Information of Universities and Colleges Survey.

    Release date: 2003-06-11
  • 69. Pursuing a master's degree: opportunity cost and benefits Archived
    Articles and reports: 81-003-X20010046386
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This article estimates the cost for Canadian students studying in a master's program for one full year at a Canadian university, by province, field of study and gender. It uses the National Graduates Survey and supplemental information on tuition, incidental fees, books, room and board, and lost income.

    Release date: 2002-10-29
  • 70. Postsecondary participation: the effects of parents' education and household income Archived
    Articles and reports: 81-003-X20010036216
    Geography: Canada
    Description:

    This paper looks at family income and its impact on participation in postsecondary education, using the first wave of the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID).

    Release date: 2002-06-26
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  • 1. University finances in the second year of the pandemic 2021/2022
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X20232153308
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2023-08-03
  • 2. Registered education savings plan investments by family income and liquid wealth
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202200900001
    Description:

    Registered Education Savings Plans (RESPs) are an important vehicle to help families save for postsecondary education. However, large differences in RESP savings persist between families of different income levels, despite targeted incentives aimed at encouraging low- and middle-income families to open RESP accounts and contribute to them. This article documents the differences in RESP contributions between families with different levels of income and liquid wealth.

    Release date: 2022-09-28
  • 3. Recent trends in Registered Education Savings Plan holdings by income, immigrant status, Indigenous identity and province
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202200500003
    Description:

    Registered Education Savings Plans (RESPs) are part of the suite of government programs designed to encourage youth from traditionally low enrolment groups to consider postsecondary studies as a viable option. Since the mid-2000s, lower- and middle-income parents of children under age 18 have had strong financial incentives from government to open an RESP and make contributions. A previous study based on 2012 data showed that RESP holdings were most prevalent among high-income, high-wealth, and highly-educated parents. The purpose of the current study is to update these findings and to expand the analysis to include results by immigrant status, Indigenous identity, and province of residence.

    Release date: 2022-05-25
  • 4. Study: Projected Financial Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Canadian Universities for the 2020/2021 Academic Year Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202123031563
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2021-08-18
  • 5. Projected Financial Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Canadian Universities for the 2020/21 Academic Year
    Articles and reports: 81-595-M2021002
    Description:

    The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted many segments of Canadian society, including post-secondary institutions given the uncertainty surrounding the enrolment of international students. With the current international travel restrictions in place in Canada and requests by health authorities to practice physical distancing, a large majority of universities were planning to utilize online learning as the primary teaching method for the entire 2020/21 academic year. Over the last decade, institutions have increasingly relied on international students' tuition fees as a revenue source. The aim of this paper was to assess, using projection scenarios, hypothetical financial losses for Canadian universities in the 2020/21 school year. These scenarios were based on a series of assumptions using forecasted international and domestic student registrations and recent trends in administrative and survey data.

    Release date: 2021-08-18
  • 6. Impact of COVID-19 on parental expectations, savings intentions and other plans to financially support children’s postsecondary education
    Articles and reports: 36-28-0001202100100003
    Description:

    This Insights article examines changes in parental expectations—between before and after the beginning of the COVID-19 lockdown—that their children will pursue postsecondary education. The study looks at whether parental expectations of their children to attain further education and their plans for helping their children with the financial aspects of postsecondary education—through savings and other means—have changed since the arrival of COVID-19. The analysis is based on the Survey of Approaches to Educational Planning (SAEP), conducted between February 2 and June 20, 2020. The sample includes children aged 17 and younger who had not yet started any postsecondary education and whose parent or legal guardian responded to the survey.

    Release date: 2021-01-27
  • 7. Postsecondary education planning before and during the COVID-19 lockdown Archived
    Stats in brief: 45-28-0001202100100002
    Description:

    This article examines whether parental expectations of their children to attain further education and their plans for helping their children with the financial aspects of postsecondary education—through savings and other means—have changed since the arrival of COVID-19. The analysis is based on the Survey of Approaches to Educational Planning (SAEP), conducted between February 2 and June 20, 2020.

    Release date: 2021-01-27
  • 8. Study: Why are lower-income parents less likely to open an RESP account? The roles of literacy, education and wealth Archived
    Stats in brief: 11-001-X202018822344
    Description: Release published in The Daily – Statistics Canada’s official release bulletin
    Release date: 2020-07-06
  • 9. Why are Lower-income Parents Less Likely to Open an RESP Account? The Roles of Literacy, Education and Wealth
    Articles and reports: 11F0019M2020012
    Description:

    The Government of Canada offers various financial incentives for parents to save for their children’s postsecondary education by contributing to a Registered Education Savings Plan (RESP). However, RESP participation rates tend to rise substantially with family income, and previous research has demonstrated that family wealth was the single most important reason for this trend (among factors that could be examined). This study explores whether differences in parental literacy, numeracy and financial literacy can further account for some of the gap in RESP participation by level of family income.

    Release date: 2020-07-06
  • 10. Investments in Registered Education Savings Plans and Postsecondary Attendance Archived
    Articles and reports: 11-626-X2017071
    Description:

    This Economic Insights article documents the characteristics of families with children under the age of 18 who hold registered education savings plan (RESP) investments. The article also examines the relationship between holding an RESP account at age 15 and postsecondary enrolment between the ages of 19 and 27. The data are drawn from the 1999 and 2012 Survey of Financial Security and from the Youth in Transition Survey, Cohort A, linked to the T1 Family File. Postsecondary enrolment is derived from education deductions and tuition credits in the tax data.

    Release date: 2017-04-12
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  • 1. Survey of Uniform Financial System - School Boards
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3119
    Description: The objective of this annual survey is to collect financial information on school boards and districts across Canada. These financial statistics are collected from each province and territory and are converted to a standard classification and to a calendar year. School board expenditures include both operating and capital spending. Operating expenditures are salaries, benefits, supplies and services, fees and contractual services, and other operating costs. These expenses can be further broken down by function (instruction, administration, transportation, school facilities and other categories).
  • 2. Survey of Financial Statistics of Private Elementary and Secondary Schools
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3120
    Description: The objective of this survey is to collect financial information on private schools. These data also represent inputs in the determination of total consolidated elementary and secondary revenues and expenditures.
  • 3. Financial Information of Universities Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3121
    Description: The purpose of the survey is to collect financial information (income and expenditures) concerning all universities and degree-granting colleges across the country.
  • 4. Survey of Federal Government Expenditures in Support of Education
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3140
    Description: The purpose of this survey is to collect data on federal government expenditures in support of education.
  • 5. Provincial Expenditures on Education in Reform and Correctional Institutions
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3141
    Description: The purpose of this survey is to collect education related financial data on all reform and correctional institutions in Canada. These data are used to supplement data collected from the Provincial Public Accounts on provincial expenditures on education.
  • 6. Education Price Index
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3144
    Description: The Education Price Index (EPI) is used as the main deflator of elementary and secondary expenditures. It is used to put into constant dollars, school board expenditures including teachers' salaries which is the main component.
  • 7. Financial Information of Colleges
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 3146
    Description: The purpose of the survey is to collect financial information (income and expenditures) concerning all non-degree-granting community colleges and public vocational schools across the country.
  • 8. Survey of Approaches to Educational Planning
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 4442
    Description: The primary objective of the Survey of Approaches to Educational Planning (SAEP) is to improve our understanding of the processes by which the parents/guardians of children aged 0-17 marshal the monetary and non-monetary resources needed to successfully pursue post-secondary education.
  • 9. Elementary-Secondary Education Survey
    Surveys and statistical programs – Documentation: 5102
    Description: The Elementary-Secondary Education Survey (ESES) is a national survey of administrative data that focuses primarily on public schools. It also collects some information pertaining to private/independent schools, as well as home-schooling. The ESES collects the following data for elementary and secondary schools: the number of students enrolled, the number of secondary school graduates, along with information on educators, and expenditures.
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