Table A.17.2
Total expenditures per student in public elementary and secondary schools, Canada, provinces and territories, 1999/2000 to 2005/2006 (in 1992 constant dollars)1

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  Canada N.L. P.E.I. N.S. N.B. Que. Ont. Man. Sask. Alta. B.C. Y.T. N.W.T. Nvt.
1999/2000 6,658 5,577 5,440 6,212 6,447 6,889 6,785 6,435 5,616 6,137 6,928 11,305 9,938 ..
Percentage change 2.2 4.2 5.0 18.6 6.7 9.9 -2.3 1.4 1.6 1.8 2.4 5.5 2.8
2000/2001 6,766 5,560 5,676 7,405 5,969 6,997 6,789 6,785 5,653 6,425 6,995 11,587 10,052 ..
Percentage change 1.6 -0.3 4.4 19.2 -7.4 1.6 0.1 5.4 0.7 4.7 1.0 2.5 1.1 ..
2001/2002 6,771 6,150 5,810 6,546 6,231 7,058 6,632 6,808 5,940 6,747 6,985 12,687 10,633 ..
Percentage change 0.1 10.6 2.4 -11.6 4.4 0.9 -2.3 0.3 5.1 5.0 -0.1 9.5 5.8 ..
2002/2003 6,922 6,331 6,116 6,238 6,195 7,272 6,684 7,031 6,503 6,998 7,241 12,172 10,567 ..
Percentage change 2.2 3.0 5.3 -4.7 -0.6 3.0 0.8 3.3 9.5 3.7 3.7 -4.1 -0.6 ..
2003/2004 7,079 6,557 6,179 6,297 6,672 7,220 7,062 7,277 6,795 6,919 7,098 12,528 10,737 12,735
Percentage change 2.3 3.6 1.0 1.0 7.7 -0.7 5.6 3.5 4.5 -1.1 -2.0 2.9 1.6 ..
2004/2005 7,318 6,570 6,061 6,307 6,955 7,249 7,425 7,360 6,985 7,216 7,368 13,078 11,853 12,885
Percentage change 3.4 0.2 -1.9 0.2 4.3 0.4 5.1 1.1 2.8 4.3 3.8 4.4 10.4 1.2
2005/2006 7,623 6,871 5,957 6,817 7,216 7,412 7,696 7,658 7,239 7,664 7,820 14,970 11,850 13,128
Percentage change 4.2 4.6 -1.7 8.1 3.7 2.2 3.6 4.1 3.6 6.2 6.1 14.5 0.0 1.9

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1. Comparisons between jurisdictions should be made with care. Factors that influence total spending per student on education, such as the size of the school-age population, need to be taken into account.

Note: Table A.16 divided by Table A.2 divided by Table A.33.