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Table B.2.6
Private expenditure as a percentage of total expenditure on education, by level of education, Canada and jurisdictions, 1997/1998 to 2004/2005

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  Pre-elementary, elementary-secondary Trade-vocational1 College1 University All post-secondary All levels combined
percentage
Canada
1997/1998 7.6 8.7 20.9 33.3 24.5 14.0
1998/1999 7.6 8.5 20.3 33.3 24.1 13.9
1999/2000 7.6 9.0 20.4 32.7 25.1 14.4
2000/2001 8.0 10.1 23.5 34.6 27.3 15.8
2001/2002 8.5 10.6 24.7 37.8 29.9 17.2
2002/2003 8.4 13.0 22.1 38.9 31.2 17.7
2003/2004 8.8e 13.6 22.7 39.8 32.4 18.6e
2004/2005 10.0e .. 22.3 39.6 .. ..
Newfoundland and Labrador
1997/1998 4.0 4.4 34.1 29.1 14.3 9.7
1998/1999 2.4 3.4 26.2 29.2 15.2 9.0
1999/2000 3.5 6.8 4.8 30.1 19.4 10.9
2000/2001 4.2 6.8 5.2 29.9 19.4 11.3
2001/2002 4.0 8.5 9.3 30.9 21.1 12.1
2002/2003 5.3 10.0 8.3 28.1 19.9 12.2
2003/2004 4.2e 8.5 5.3 29.8 20.8 12.3e
2004/2005 3.7e .. 8.9 29.6 .. ..
Prince Edward Island
1997/1998 1.1 11.4 45.2 22.5 22.6 11.9
1998/1999 0.8 12.9 42.2 27.7 24.1 11.5
1999/2000 1.6 19.5 41.2 38.3 33.1 15.4
2000/2001 2.1 16.8 34.8 34.9 29.7 14.1
2001/2002 1.7 16.3 34.6 38.4 31.9 15.0
2002/2003 1.4 16.2 35.3 15.1 19.9 10.3
2003/2004 1.3e 21.9 48.4 39.9 37.9 19.4e
2004/2005 1.0e .. 43.2 36.1 .. ..
Nova Scotia
1997/1998 4.4 4.7 15.5 43.4 30.0 15.8
1998/1999 2.8 3.8 17.5 44.9 31.4 15.5
1999/2000 2.0 11.4 15.0 47.4 38.4 17.7
2000/2001 3.8 10.5 14.6 48.4 38.5 20.2
2001/2002 3.8 9.8 15.1 52.1 41.9 22.0
2002/2003 4.1 13.1 14.9 55.5 46.5 24.3
2003/2004 4.1e 12.5 16.8 54.5 45.5 23.8e
2004/2005 4.6e .. 16.7 55.1 .. ..
New Brunswick
1997/1998 1.8 6.1 16.8 30.1 20.1 9.4
1998/1999 1.8 3.8 15.8 34.9 22.0 10.1
1999/2000 1.7 5.1 26.3 33.7 23.3 10.5
2000/2001 1.6 4.5 20.2 33.8 21.0 10.6
2001/2002 1.9 3.9 16.3 35.2 21.5 10.9
2002/2003 1.9 8.6 18.8 36.4 26.9 12.7
2003/2004 2.2e 8.0 18.7 38.5 28.2 13.1e
2004/2005 2.3e .. 22.4 39.7 .. ..
Quebec
1997/1998 10.3 4.5 10.9 25.2 17.0 13.3
1998/1999 10.5 3.3 12.0 21.0 13.9 12.1
1999/2000 10.5 5.1 12.0 29.0 19.8 14.6
2000/2001 10.8 3.8 11.4 26.7 18.2 14.1
2001/2002 10.3 5.3 12.8 28.0 20.0 14.6
2002/2003 10.4 4.6 11.7 29.1 20.6 15.2
2003/2004 10.8e 5.0 11.1 28.6 20.6 15.4e
2004/2005 11.4e .. 9.9 32.8 .. ..
Ontario
1997/1998 6.1 7.6 31.9 40.0 31.8 14.2
1998/1999 5.8 10.1 28.0 41.8 33.2 14.5
1999/2000 6.2 7.2 27.1 33.8 28.2 14.0
2000/2001 7.1 9.9 37.2 40.9 35.8 17.4
2001/2002 8.7 9.1 39.4 46.6 40.6 20.3
2002/2003 8.0 20.5 34.0 48.2 42.6 20.6
2003/2004 8.3e 22.1 35.2 48.2 43.3 21.4e
2004/2005 9.9e .. 32.9 44.3 .. ..
Manitoba
1997/1998 7.5 8.9 10.0 28.6 20.9 11.7
1998/1999 7.6 8.6 12.2 30.5 22.2 12.4
1999/2000 7.4 9.0 13.5 29.0 22.3 12.3
2000/2001 7.0 8.0 14.8 26.3 20.4 11.5
2001/2002 7.6 9.4 12.9 34.2 25.5 13.8
2002/2003 7.1 12.2 19.7 34.3 27.5 14.1
2003/2004 7.0e 8.4 16.1 36.9 27.5 14.2e
2004/2005 6.8e .. 15.6 36.1 .. ..
Saskatchewan
1997/1998 1.5 7.5 10.4 32.4 23.0 9.7
1998/1999 3.9 6.5 9.7 29.4 20.3 10.2
1999/2000 2.6 6.0 11.0 31.6 22.1 10.5
2000/2001 3.9 5.1 8.9 24.6 17.6 9.7
2001/2002 2.4 7.3 11.6 33.1 24.2 11.7
2002/2003 4.5 6.9 10.9 37.8 27.9 14.4
2003/2004 4.3e 7.0 11.0 39.5 29.2 15.0e
2004/2005 6.4e .. 11.0 31.0 .. ..
Alberta
1997/1998 11.7 15.7 31.5 30.4 25.9 17.1
1998/1999 11.9 16.8 36.0 32.9 27.9 18.0
1999/2000 11.2 17.6 32.3 34.4 29.5 18.5
2000/2001 9.5 22.4 38.8 39.0 34.6 20.3
2001/2002 9.6 22.8 37.9 36.3 33.1 19.7
2002/2003 9.8 21.0 34.1 37.3 32.8 19.3
2003/2004 9.6e 21.2 34.4 35.5 32.0 18.8e
2004/2005 9.6e .. 36.5 35.4 .. ..
British Columbia
1997/1998 9.3 15.3 24.7 34.8 27.1 16.1
1998/1999 9.6 14.6 22.1 33.4 25.8 15.8
1999/2000 9.1 12.9 19.2 33.7 25.3 15.5
2000/2001 9.2 12.9 17.6 30.9 24.0 15.3
2001/2002 9.1 12.9 18.7 33.8 25.7 15.9
2002/2003 9.1 14.4 18.4 33.4 26.7 16.4
2003/2004 11.4e 16.0 20.3 39.9 32.5 20.3e
2004/2005 14.1e .. 20.8 43.4 .. ..
Yukon
1997/1998 3.9 16.5 16.4 .. 14.4 6.5
1998/1999 3.3 11.3 12.6 .. 10.1 5.1
1999/2000 1.6 7.8 12.3 .. 7.9 3.7
2000/2001 2.2 7.3 10.0 .. 6.9 3.8
2001/2002 1.7 9.2 12.0 .. 8.8 4.0
2002/2003 1.6 12.4 16.5 .. 12.1 4.8
2003/2004 2.2e 12.0 15.5 .. 11.4 5.0e
2004/2005 2.6e .. 14.5 .. .. ..
Northwest Territories2
1997/1998 1.1 3.3 6.3 .. 4.6 2.1
1998/1999 0.7 2.1 2.0 .. 1.9 1.1
1999/2000 1.7 3.1 8.5 .. 5.3 3.1
2000/2001 3.8 3.3 11.4 .. 7.0 5.0
2001/2002 2.4 3.0 9.5 .. 6.0 3.7
2002/2003 2.1 3.1 8.6 .. 5.5 3.4
2003/2004 2.9e 3.1 9.1 .. 5.7 3.9e
2004/2005 2.7e .. 5.6 .. .. ..
Nunavut2.3
1997/1998 ... ... ... ... ... ...
1998/1999 ... ... ... ... ... ...
1999/2000 2.9 .. 3.3 .. 1.2 2.3
2000/2001 0.5 1.4 4.8 .. 2.5 1.4
2001/2002 2.2 1.5 4.8 .. 2.2 2.2
2002/2003 5.4 1.4 7.7 .. 3.1 4.4
2003/2004 5.9e 1.4 6.8 .. 3.0 4.7e
2004/2005 5.7e .. .. .. .. ..
1. Expenditure on private business colleges are not included.
2. Nunavut was created on April 1. 1999. Prior to that date, data for Nunavut were included with data for the Northwest Territories. This creates a break in series for the Northwest Territories in 1999/2000.
3. The only college in Nunavut started reporting tuition fees (part of private expenditure) for the trade-vocational portion in 2000/2001.
Data sources:
Tables B.2.2 and B.2.4.
Table 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.