Table A.14
Student-educator ratio in public elementary and secondary schools, Canada, provinces and territories, 2005/2006 to 2009/20101

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Table A.14
Student-educator ratio in public elementary and secondary schools, Canada, provinces and territories, 2005/2006 to 2009/2010
  Canada Newfoundland and Labrador Prince Edward IslandNote 2 Nova Scotia New Brunswick Quebec Ontario Manitoba SaskatchewanNote 2 Alberta British Columbia Yukon Northwest Territories Nunavut
2005/2006 15.2 13.4 15.4 15.1 15.5 14.0 15.2 14.4 14.7 16.8 17.0 11.4 15.2 13.8
Percentage change -2.1 -0.8 0.0 -3.4 -2.2 -0.8 -2.8 -1.3 -1.2 -1.6 -2.8 -0.9 -0.3 -14.9
2006/2007 14.7 13.0 14.9 14.4 14.9 13.5 14.5 14.2 14.5 16.8 16.6 11.0 15.3 13.9
Percentage change -3.4 -2.5 -3.6 -4.8 -4.1 -4.0 -4.6 -1.2 -1.3 0.6 -2.6 -3.3 0.9 0.8
2007/2008 14.4 12.5 14.3 14.0 14.2 13.2 14.0 14.1 14.4 17.2 16.5 11.1 13.9 13.8
Percentage change -2.1 -4.2 -3.9 -2.9 -4.9 -2.0 -3.4 -1.0 -0.7 2.1 -0.8 1.0 -9.0 -0.7
2008/2009 14.1 12.1 13.5 13.6 13.6 13.0 13.8 13.9 14.1 16.5 16.4 10.9 13.4 14.0
Percentage change -1.9 -3.5 -5.6 -2.6 -3.9 -1.7 -1.7 -1.3 -1.9 -3.8 -0.3 -2.0 -3.8 1.3
2009/2010 14.0 11.9 13.1 13.2Note e 13.5 13.0 13.6 13.7 14.1 15.7 16.6 10.7 13.4 13.6
Percentage change -1.0 -1.4 -3.3 -3.0 -0.9 0.1 -1.0 -1.0 -0.3 -5.1 1.0 -1.9 -0.1 -2.5
Note e estimate
0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
1. Care should be taken with cross jurisdictional comparison. The proportion of educators (comprising a mix of teachers, administrators and pedagogical support) and their respective remuneration, differs in each jurisdiction.
2. Educational Assistants are not included.
Note: Table A.14 = Table A.2.1 (Full-time equivalent enrolments) divided by Table A.13.1 (Full-time equivalent educators).
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