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Table C.2.3
Student-educator ratio
1 in public elementary and secondary schools, Canada and jurisdictions, 1997/1998 to 2005/2006

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  Can. N.L. P.E.I. N.S. N.B. Que. Ont.2 Man. Sask. Alta.3 B.C. Y.T. N.W.T.4 Nvt.4
ratio
1997/1998 ..r 14.6 17.0 17.2 17.1 15.2 ..r 15.4 17.2r 18.8 17.5 13.3 17.9 ...
1998/1999 ..r 14.6 16.7 16.6 17.1 15.0 ..r 15.4 16.8 18.7 17.2 13.0 18.4 ...
1999/2000 16.0r 14.1 16.7 16.5 16.8 14.8 16.1e 15.7 16.5 17.1 17.1 12.7 18.1 19.2
2000/2001 15.9r 13.7 15.9 16.5 16.7 14.6 16.0e 15.0 16.8 18.2 16.8 12.0 16.8 19.2
2001/2002 15.9r 13.3 15.6 16.5 16.9 14.5 16.2e 15.0 16.1 17.7 16.8 11.9 16.2 19.2
2002/2003 15.9 13.3 15.3 16.2 16.6 14.2 16.2 14.9 15.8 17.9 17.6 12.1 16.3 18.8
2003/2004 15.8 13.3 15.0 16.0 16.2 14.1 16.0 14.8 15.5 17.9 17.7 12.0 15.4 19.1
2004/2005 15.4r 13.5 15.1 15.7 15.9 14.2r 15.6 14.6 15.5 17.0r 17.5 11.5 15.2 16.2
2005/2006 15.1r 13.4 15.1 15.1 15.5 14.1r 15.2 14.4 15.2 16.7r 17.0 11.0 15.2 13.7
1. Full-time equivalent enrolment divided by full-time equivalent educators.
2. Ontario data for 1999/2000 through 2001/2002 are new estimates that are more comparable with the methodology used beginning in 2002/2003. New estimates are not available for 1997/1998 and 1998/1999. These changes for Ontario also affect data at the Canada level.
3. The Alberta and Quebec data have been revised for 2004/2005 and 2005/2006 as of September 9, 2008. These changes also affect data at the Canada level.
4. 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.
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 sources:
Elementary-Secondary Education Statistics Project, Statistics Canada; and Statistics Canada, 2008. Summary Public School Indicators for the Provinces and Territories, 1999/2000 to 2005/2006. Catalogue no. 81-595-MIE2008067. Ottawa.
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.