Table A.20.1
Total expenditures per student in public elementary and secondary schools, Canada, provinces and territories, 2002/2003 to 2008/2009 (in current dollars)

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Table A.20.1
Total expenditures per student in public elementary and secondary schools, Canada, provinces and territories, 2002/2003 to 2008/2009 (in current dollars)1
  Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia2 New Brunswick Quebec Ontario Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta British Columbia Yukon Northwest Territories Nunavut
2002/2003 8,244 7,432 7,005 7,473 7,367 8,397 8,028 8,655 8,073 8,644 8,625 14,326 12,289 12,471
Percentage change 4.4 5.5 5.2 -5.8 2.8 5.2 2.8 4.9 10.8 6.7 7.2 -3.4 2.3 -7.5
2003/2004 8,656 7,918 7,313 7,803 8,202 8,551 8,707 9,118 8,491 8,924 8,609 15,021 12,787 13,112
Percentage change 5.0 6.5 4.4 4.4 11.3 1.8 8.5 5.3 5.2 3.2 -0.2 4.8 4.1 5.1
2004/2005 9,136 8,077 7,546 7,953 8,677 8,754 9,341 9,405 9,092 9,489 9,120 15,837 14,318 13,040
Percentage change 5.5 2.0 3.2 1.9 5.8 2.4 7.3 3.1 7.1 6.3 5.9 5.4 12.0 -0.5
2005/2006 9,745 8,667 7,655 8,835 9,150 9,152 9,963 10,039 9,370 10,293 9,937 18,533 14,647 13,418
Percentage change 6.7 7.3 1.4 11.1 5.5 4.5 6.7 6.7 3.1 8.5 9.0 17.0 2.3 2.9
2006/2007 10,309 9,213 8,594 9,409 9,760 10,137 10,393 10,831 10,282 10,296 10,462 20,772 16,297 14,735
Percentage change 5.8 6.3 12.3 6.5 6.7 10.8 4.3 7.9 9.7 0.0 5.3 12.1 11.3 9.8
2007/2008 10,740 10,301 9,137 10,007 10,168 10,615 10,657 10,996 10,572 11,086 11,030 20,539 18,256 15,610
Percentage change 4.2 11.8 6.3 6.4 4.2 4.7 2.5 1.5 2.8 7.7 5.4 -1.1 12.0 5.9
2008/2009 11,614 11,404 10,210 10,761 11,285 11,140 11,480 12,277 11,678 12,765 11,637 20,374 22,278 15,875
Percentage change 8.1 10.7 11.7 7.5 11.0 4.9 7.7 11.7 10.5 15.1 5.5 -0.8 22.0 1.7
0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
1. Comparisons between jurisdictions should be made with care. Factors that influence spending on education, such as the size of the school-age population, need to be taken into account.
2. Nova Scotia data prior to 2005/2006 not comparable to more recent data due to change in methodology.
Note: Table A.20.1 = Table A.19 (Total expenditures) divided by Table A.2 (Full-time equivalent enrolment).
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