Chart C.2.2
Percentage change in full-time-equivalent educators¹ in public elementary and secondary schools, Canada and jurisdictions,² 1999/2000 to 2005/2006³

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1. Full-time equivalent (FTE) educator is defined as the number of full-time educators on September 30th (or as close as possible thereafter) of the school year, plus the sum of part-time educators according to their percentage of a full-time employment allocation (determined by the province or territory).
2. In Ontario, excludes publicly funded hospital and provincial schools, care, treatment and correctional facilities. In Saskatchewan, includes educators in provincially funded schools (including "associated independent" and "historic" high schools) and excluding "independent" First Nations schools and postsecondary sites.All educators in Lloydminster are included in Saskatchewan 's counts and none of them are captured in the counts for Alberta.
3. The period over which the percentage change is calculated has been revised to 1999/2000 to 2005/2006.
Notes: These data are for public schools only and do not include private schools and federal schools. Due to the nature of ESESP data collection, these data are updated on an ongoing basis and are therefore subject to further revisions.
Data source: Table C.2.2.
Chart source: Statistics Canada and Council of Ministers of Education, Canada. 2007. Education indicators in Canada : Report of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program. Catalogue no. 81-582-XIE. Ottawa.
Updated December 16, 2008.