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Table B.1.1
Public and private expenditures1 on educational institutions as a percentage of GDP, by level of education, Canada and jurisdictions, 2006

Standard table symbols

  ISCED 0
(Pre-primary education, children aged 3 and older) 		Primary, secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary education Tertiary education All levels of education combined (including undistributed programmes)
All primary, secondary and postsecondary non-tertiary ISCED 1/2
(Primary and lower secondary) 		ISCED 3
(Upper secondary) 		ISCED 4
(Postsecondary non-tertiary) 		Total tertiary ISCED 5B
(Type B) 		ISCED 5A/6
(Type A and advanced research programmes)
Column 1 Column 2 Column 3 Column 4 Column 5 Column 6 Column 7 Column 8 Column 9
percent
OECD average2, 3 0.5 3.6 2.4 1.2 0.0s 1.5 0.2 1.3 5.7
Canada3 [2] 3.6 [2] [2] [7] 2.6 1.0 1.6 6.1
Newfoundland and Labrador [2] 2.4 [2] [2] [7] 2.2 0.7 1.5 4.6
Prince Edward Island [2] 4.2 [2] [2] [7] 4.0 1.5 2.4 8.2
Nova Scotia [2] 4.3 [2] [2] [7] 3.7 0.9 2.8 8.0
New Brunswick [2] 3.9 [2] [2] [7] 3.0 0.9 2.1 6.9
Quebec [2] 3.9 [2] [2] [7] 3.1 1.3 1.8 7.0
Ontario [2] 3.8 [2] [2] [7] 2.5 0.8 1.7 6.3
Manitoba [2] 4.9 [2] [2] [7] 2.4 0.8 1.6 7.3
Saskatchewan [2] 3.9 [2] [2] [7] 2.7 1.0 1.7 6.6
Alberta [2] 2.4 [2] [2] [7] 1.9 0.8 1.1 4.3
British Columbia [2] 3.4 [2] [2] [7] 2.6 1.1 1.6 6.0
Yukon [2] 6.5 [2] [2] [7] 2.5 2.5 0.0 9.0
Northwest Territories [2] 4.5 [2] [2] [7] 2.3 2.3 0.0 6.8
Nunavut [2] 9.7 [2] [2] [7] 3.4 3.4 0.0 13.1
0s value rounded to 0 (zero) where there is a meaningful distinction between true zero and the value that was rounded
0 true zero or a value rounded to zero
1. Including international sources.
2. These averages are from Education at a Glance 2010: OECD Indicators, Table B2.2, Expenditure on educational institutions as a percentage of GDP, by level of education (2007), which presents the most recent available data for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's 31 member countries. Please see the OECD's Web site at www.oecd.org.
3. Canada classifies expenditure by education level in a way that differs slightly from that of most other countries; that is, expenditure on pre-elementary education is grouped with expenditure at the elementary and secondary levels, while expenditure on postsecondary non-tertiary education (essentially technical and vocational training) is grouped with tertiary-type B expenditure. This should not affect international comparability, however, since expenditure at the elementary and secondary levels is dominant. The most recent data available for Canada and the provinces are for 2006; these estimates were submitted to the OECD and will be included in its average figures for 2007.
Note: [ ] Data included in column of the table whose number is shown in the squared brackets.
Sources: Statistics Canada: Elementary-Secondary Education Statistics Project; Survey of Uniform Financial System - School Boards; Survey of Financial Statistics of Private Elementary and Secondary Schools; Financial Information of Universities and Colleges Survey; Survey of Federal Government Expenditures in Support of Education; Provincial Expenditures on Education in Reform and Correctional Institutions; and Financial Statistics of Community Colleges and Vocational Schools; and Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), Education at a Glance 2010: OECD Indicators.

 

Date Modified: 2010-09-07

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