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Table B.2.4
Private expenditure on education, by level of education, Canada and jurisdictions, 1990/1991, 1995/1996, and 2000/2001 to 2004/2005

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  Pre-elementary, elementary-secondary Trade-vocational1 College1 University All post-secondary All levels combined
millions of current dollars
Canada
1990/1991 1,624 292 360 2,312 2,964 4,588
1995/1996 2,347 474 821 3,524 4,819 7,167
2000/2001 3,238 576 1,299 5,595 7,469 10,708
2001/2002 3,613 599 1,437 6,609 8,645 12,258
2002/2003 3,655 700 1,268 7,478 9,445 13,100
2003/2004 4,014e 736 1,320 8,453 10,509 14,523e
2004/2005 4,816e 751 1,322 8,949 11,023 15,838e
Newfoundland and Labrador
1990/1991 23 5 3 37 45 68
1995/1996 12 20 9 58 88 100
2000/2001 24 13 2 84 99 124
2001/2002 25 17 4 95 116 141
2002/2003 33 21 3 88 112 145
2003/2004 27e 18 2 107 126 154e
2004/2005 24e 19 3 109 131 155e
Prince Edward Island
1990/1991 1 1 3 8 12 12
1995/1996 1 1 4 7 12 13
2000/2001 3 6 8 21 35 38
2001/2002 3 5 9 25 39 42
2002/2003 2 6 11 11 28 31
2003/2004 2e 8 20 33 61 63e
2004/2005 2e 7 15 34 57 58e
Nova Scotia
1990/1991 24 4 1 105 110 134
1995/1996 24 9 5 160 175 199
2000/2001 38 15 15 314 344 381
2001/2002 38 12 17 355 384 422
2002/2003 44 12 17 418 447 491
2003/2004 45e 13 21 422 455 501e
2004/2005 53e 11 21 451 484 537e
New Brunswick
1990/1991 18 18 3 58 78 96
1995/1996 7 14 4 82 100 107
2000/2001 14 13 15 124 152 166
2001/2002 16 11 14 134 159 175
2002/2003 17 15 16 152 183 200
2003/2004 22e 15 16 175 206 228e
2004/2005 24e 16 16 187 219 243e
Quebec
1990/1991 518 27 33 412 473 991
1995/1996 671 48 151 789 988 1,660
2000/2001 958 48 246 1,014 1,308 2,266
2001/2002 988 66 286 1,184 1,536 2,524
2002/2003 987 61 256 1,396 1,713 2,700
2003/2004 1,046e 64 244 1,477 1,785 2,832e
2004/2005 1,151e 61 211 1,761 2,032 3,183e
Ontario
1990/1991 576 75 190 1,102 1,367 1,943
1995/1996 905 115 383 1,381 1,880 2,784
2000/2001 1,129 125 634 2,422 3,181 4,310
2001/2002 1,433 106 712 2,987 3,805 5,238
2002/2003 1,375 223 587 3,356 4,167 5,542
2003/2004 1,487e 255 624 3,795 4,675 6,161e
2004/2005 1,939e 236 620 3,775 4,632 6,571e
Manitoba
1990/1991 101 6 4 84 93 194
1995/1996 125 11 5 139 155 280
2000/2001 127 18 17 155 191 318
2001/2002 140 23 15 214 253 393
2002/2003 140 29 25 233 288 428
2003/2004 147e 22 23 263 308 455e
2004/2005 147e 20 19 274 313 460e
Saskatchewan
1990/1991 24 17 3 74 94 118
1995/1996 35 28 8 152 188 223
2000/2001 57 16 6 162 185 241
2001/2002 35 24 9 240 272 307
2002/2003 74 22 9 305 336 410
2003/2004 74e 24 9 343 376 450e
2004/2005 114e 24 9 255 288 402e
Alberta
1990/1991 155 58 39 211 308 463
1995/1996 180 81 85 349 515 695
2000/2001 393 188 258 644 1,090 1,483
2001/2002 424 195 255 637 1,086 1,510
2002/2003 464 168 228 695 1,091 1,555
2003/2004 496e 174 245 719 1,138 1,635e
2004/2005 503e 200 287 795 1,282 1,785e
British Columbia
1990/1991 180 79 79 221 379 559
1995/1996 381 143 159 407 709 1,089
2000/2001 488 130 92 653 875 1,364
2001/2002 505 135 112 738 984 1,489
2002/2003 509 136 108 823 1,068 1,577
2003/2004 654e 138 108 1,119 1,365 2,019e
2004/2005 846e 151 117 1,307 1,576 2,422e
Yukon
1990/1991 0 1 0 .. 2 2
1995/1996 2 1 1 .. 2 4
2000/2001 2 2 1 .. 3 5
2001/2002 1 3 1 .. 4 5
2002/2003 1 3 1 .. 5 6
2003/2004 2e 3 1 .. 5 7e
2004/2005 2e 4 2 .. 5 8e
Northwest Territories2
1990/1991 5 1 3 .. 3 8
1995/1996 3 2 7 .. 9 12
2000/2001 4 1 4 .. 5 10
2001/2002 3 1 4 .. 5 8
2002/2003 3 1 4 .. 5 8
2003/2004 5e 1 4 .. 5 10e
2004/2005 4e 1 2 .. 4 8e
Nunavut2
1990/1991 ... ... ... ... ... ...
1995/1996 ... ... ... ... ... ...
2000/2001 <1 1 1 .. 2 2
2001/2002 2 1 1 .. 2 4
2002/2003 5 1 2 .. 2 8
2003/2004 6e 1 2 .. 2 8e
2004/2005 6e 0s 0s .. -1 5e
.. not available for a specific reference period
... not applicable
e estimate
0s value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded
1. Expenditures 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. The only college in Nunavut did not report tuition fees (which are part of private expenditure) for trade vocational training before 2000/2001.
Notes: Large year-over-year variations in public and private funding to school boards are caused by accounting adjustments to prior-year surpluses and/or deficits. This means that trends should be observed over a period of years rather than from one year to the next.  
Amounts for private expenditure on education are estimated based on private direct sources of funds. At the postsecondary level these include student fees and other sources of funds (including bequests, donations and non-government grants, investment income, auxiliary enterprises (gross), borrowings and miscellaneous interfund transfers).
To convert this current dollar data to constant dollar amounts for comparison over time, it is recommended that the Gross domestic product (GDP) implicit price index be used for national and provincial-level conversions. For the index and further details on converting see Table F.1.2 (Statistics Canada and Council of Ministers of Education, Canada. December 2009. Education indicators in Canada: Report of the Pan-Canadian Education Indicators Program. Catalogue no. 81-582-XIE. Ottawa.). Previous versions of this table were converted to constant dollars using the Consumer Price Index.
Sources: Adapted from Statistics Canada, CANSIM Tables 478-0004 (last updated July 29, 2008); 478-0005 (last updated February 2, 2009); 478-0007 (last updated August 15, 2008); and 478-0015 (last updated July 26, 2007); and Survey of Uniform Financial System of School Boards; Survey of Financial Statistics of Private Elementary and Secondary Schools; Survey of Financial Information of Universities and Colleges; and Financial Statistics of Community Colleges and Vocational Schools.
Updated December 16, 2009.
Date Modified: 2009-12-16

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